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vol. xvir t,attpft\js ^ c. WEDNESDAY. NOVFMBEBER SO, 190x. A ROMANCE IN STAID OLD CHESTER Business Men Sign Petition Urging the President to Hold Up Young Crawford's Commission. The Young Lady Had I'ought Her Trousseau. But the Day on Which the Wedding Was Set the Groom Elect Declined to Marry Her. Down in South (Juiolina, at ono of tho oldest and most aristocratic towns in the Stnte, there is a sad little lovo affair that promises interesting develop ments. Indeed, this little romance, which is somewhat in the nature of ?? tragedy of hearts, has been curried to the attention of the War Department in Washington. Dotails are now being awaited, and nil kinds of pulls are being worked to puuish a dashing young army ofliccr for jilting one of the pret tiest and sweetest girls in the Palmetto Stale. To appreciate this pathetic heart narrative, tho reader will have to go back to the beginning and follow me through. It is a touching story, in which love an i disappointment, court, ship and final rupture forced poor little Cupid to bow his head in humiliation over his failure to unito two young throbbing hearts, and, in popular par lance, to " go way back and sit down." Chester is a quiet little town on the Seaboard, Southern and Carolina and North-western railroads up in the northwestern part of South Carolina. It is a drowsy place, where katydids argue disputed points in big elm trees on hot summer nights, while young lovers with that ardor born and nur tured by a balmy Southern clime ten derly woo on broad verandas where sways dreamily beneath honeysuckle vines and rose bowers the pioverbial summer hnmtnock. It is a very old town. Its population varies little from census to census. Few outsiders set tle theie ; nobody ever moves away. Its people are largely descendants of original settlers, aud everybody ia akin to overybody else?a great family, so to speak, on sufficiently congenial terms to require no invitatio to tea. Being an old town, its people are re fined, cultured and proud of their line age. Pure cavalier blue blood Hows through their veins, while the number of black sheep in most of the leading families of the place for generations back can be counted on your lingers. Chester is a picturesque place. Spa cious old homes, with a dingy colonial appearance, have been handed down from father to son. Some of them have been the scene of famous house parties, where Cupid invariably camp ed out for a harvest, and members of these parties usually looked for wed ding announcements shortly after wards. In Chester there is dolightful social life. 1'cople know who each other are. The children make mud pies with each other ; become sweethearts at an early age ; grow up to maturity to gether and finally wed and settle down under the shadow of tbe old family homes. Thus it goes on from year to year, and Chester remains the same sleepy, dingy, hospitable little town, whore nobody has much money, but everybody, having retired on a com petence, believes in having a good time socially to-day and letting the morrow take care of its If. This is the atmosphoro in which wore reared Willie Crawford and Re becca Douglass. Each was blessed with brains, a heart, good blood and refined family influences. Their par ents were representative Carolinians and proud as they were cultured. Crawford was a bright lad. Ho de veloped rapidly in mental attainments and gr. w up to boa fine-looking youth. He possessed a splendid physique, was exceedingly handsome, a frank, manly fellow with a clear honest eye and a high open forehead. Everything was in his favor. He received a good edu cation and everybody took to him. When he grew up to manhood ho was popular with thu men ; the girls all liked him, and it is said ho had no dif ficulty in making his way straight to their hearts. With women ho was gen tle, tender, thoughtful, considorate. He seemed to understand their whims and vanities and his persuasive manner and fluent tongue made matters smooth sailing In love affairs. Had he the in clination ho would havo mado a reck less, disastrous flirt. Ho wroto well, talked well, danced like a dream and had polished manners. In evening dress he was striking in appearanco. Sti ange young ladies visiting Chester and gliding over the ball-room floor with him in a ribbon figure at the ger. man could not help gravitating towards him during the evening. Crawford was regarded as the catch of the town. Several nets were set for him by fair Carolina girls, but ho fell in lovo with Miss Douglass. Sho was a borne girl, lie knew her, and they driited towards each other slowly but surely, until they became necossary to each other's hap piness. Many an evening they sat out on the veranda planning their future amid a sweet eummor silenco undis turbed by anything Bavo the periodical chirp of a lonesome cricket and, tho clear note of whip-poor-will, squatting on a distant Held, hours after the gun ners had gone in. Days and weeks passed. There were rumors of a marriage in tho drowsy Httle town of Chebter, and everybody seemed interested in the event. The young lovers Blrollod together, gather ed daisies and tried thoir rortuu<.s with the old familiar love-me, love-me-not, along side tho railroad traek ; drovo to gether in tho afternoons and said good night beneath a big, weird moon Hik ing through the honeysuckle vine on the creaking old veranda late at night. But a time came when they had to part for a while, at least. Ambition, | which a certain historical charactct was enjoined to " fling away," filled the young man's breast. Ho was seized with a desire to be something, to lo something that would arouse the ad miration of his fellow townsmen. The t>ig broad world lay before him and the opportunity now presented itself to show what sort f>| stuff he was made of. Editing the Chester Lantern did not afford any broad field for the dis play of genius. Bosides, it was tame. New? of an interesting character sei dom developed in Chester, and oven if a live story Hew iu at tho editorial window of the Laotern, friendly rela tions family ties and other pulls pre veuted tho editor from goiug iuto such details as Would interest tho limited number of subscribers and set tho town to talking. So youug Crawford welcomed tho announcement that war was on with Spain. He was full of the battle fever. Visions of charging up hillsides against the euemy, gallantly planting the stnrs aud Stripes: on a tottering fori, or hav ing heroic reports sent to Washington bout bU personal valor lired him from head to foot. He must enlist. His country needed him right then, and couldn't well get along without him. Army life was pictured in his vision, and the clashiug of swords and roaring of artillery resouuded in his ears at night. His engagement to the fairest wo man in Chester had already been an nounrod. The parting would be hard. But duty before love. He must go. Their last night together was a sad one, and parting was indeed such 44 sweet sorrow." How many tears were shed, how many vows of loyalty were made, how many times he swore no bi twitching Spanish maiduu, Cubau beauty or Filipino girl could rob her of his thoughts for a moment, is not re corded. But they parted, and ho went to the Philippines, a vague locality to i he lonely girl who thought of it only as seven thousand miles away and full of lagoons. Letters came buck to her. They were soiled by many ihvmbs and seemed a trill s ancient. But they were full of tenderness and loyalty, and she read and re-read them, tucked them away in her bosom temporarily, and perhaps kissed them for his sake. Meantime young Crawford distin guished himself for bravery, and his t'Mine came hack to Washington. He was recommended for promotion. The late President McKinley was prepar ing to push up a number or two the gallant Carolinian, who had come back borne some time before, when the trouble began. While here young Crawford obtained leave of absence to go back to Chester and claim as bis bride the beautiful Miss D niglass. She was radiantly happy. All her wedding clothes had bccM made up, and several of her most intimate fiiends had been allowed a peep at a bewildering mesh of laces, ribbons and other llimsy things sug gestive of a wedding. Many handsome presents had been received, and all was iu readiness for the nuptials. The ?jroom-elect spent the evening before the wedding-day with his lair bride elect, and the whole town was agog over the marriage. Exactly what passed between the young lovers on their last night togeth er will probably never be known. Of course, there were suspicions that there was another woman in the case, and all that, hut tho next morning Lieu tenant Crawford sent a polite but firm note to his bride-elect's mother, say ing ho did not love her daughter and could not marry her. The . ceremony was called off. It was a sad blow to the fair Carolina girl, whose cheeks were aglow witb happiness the day be fore. The humiliation was keen and painful. She was heart-broken. She put away the wedding garments, re turned all tho presents and went to Raleigh. Young Crawford said ho could not bear the thought of making two lives wretched by marrying a woman whom ho found he did not love. He left Chester, but the community was aroused against him. It sccmc* that many took the heart-broken girl's part. Business men signed a petition to the President, urging him to with hold tho appointment of Crawford to the position in the army for which ho had been recommended. Thou tho story of tho sad littlo romance came . out, and even some of the former friends of the dashiug young army olllcer de clare that he acted in bad faith. Tho heart of a maiden who loves in tensely is a delicate, sensitive thing. Miss Douglass scarcely ever appeared in public after her lover jilted her. Her face showed how she had suffered; but Crawford wont back to his regi ment and found diversion iu tho rollick ing army lifo. His name is on tho oligiblo list for appointment as lieuten ant in the regular army, hut ho has to wait for this honor until the charges preferred against him by tho business men of Chester, who are standing by tho fair would-be bride, aro investi gated by that slow and ponderous organization known as the War Do pari incut. No less an impc 'nnt per sonage than Adjutunt-Gonorai Corbin had a fow remarks to make about the romance the other day. Now, General Corbin is something of a lover himself. Bo recently fell a helpless victim to tho Love-God's shafts and took unto himself a sweet young wife. So he is in a position to know what it means to bo allowed to follow the dictnles of his own heait. General Corbin believes tl at young people's lovo affairs aro purely private and personal matters and neithor tho War Dopartment nor any other kind of department has any business med dling with lb' 'i. Ho admitted that I charge* of tho character referred to | had been preferred against young Crawford, whoso namo is on tho eligi ble list. " Ho called upon ino some days ago," said General Corbin, *< and made what seemed to me to bo a man ly, frank and complete statement of his side of the question. I was much impressed with his straightforward ness. It does not seem to me, how ever, that It is within tho province of the War Department to mix up with the love affairs of a prospective ofllcer. " It occurs to me that if tho young lady in question has reasonable ground) for her contention, that Mr. raw ford declines to lead her to the altar, her recourse would naturally ho through a civil eouitot' her own State." Assistant Secretary Sauger, when seen, was extremely reticent, and, in fact, would only go to tho length of admitting thai the papers in tho caso were before his department and being givou very careful consideration. Ho expressed deep regret that the matter had been aired in the newspapers, and I further said that tho statements pre senting tho parties to tho contioversy would, uuder no circumstances, bo given out. Tho foregoing story was copied from the Richmond Times, and since it was put into type, ihe following statement has been made iu special dispatches from Washington : 1'rcsideut Roosevelt lias decided that a man who jdts a girl is not entitled to appointment in the army, as such con duct may be properly termed ungeutlc mauly and contrary io the hcf-t interest of the service. lie has therefore l of used to appoiut former Lieutonaut William P. Crawford, of Chester, IS.C, a second lieutenant in tho regular army and satisfied tho girl's friends, who have made a determined tight against the young man's appointment. Thero is uothiug against young Crawford on file save the fact that ho lefused to marry the young womau to whom ho wag engaged, and thcie would have bceu no obstaclo in tho way of his appointment had sho not permitted her relatives and friends to protest against his solcction. _._ ABOUT LYING AND STEALING Hill Ai pon the Sins of the Present Day-The Different Kinds of Liars. Atlanta Constitution. Wo arc not distressed at the over throw of Tammany in New York Seventy years is long enough for a ptrty or apolitical power to rule a great metropolis. Corruption hreed more maggots as the city grows, for as Thomas Jefferson said: "The growth of great cities is pestilential to good morals." Tho public treasury is a thing to be plundered, whether it he munici pal, State or national. There are thousands of men who would not steal from me, but would Bteal the money 1 p iy into the treasury, for there it be comes so mixed up that nobody knows whose mouey it is. It is just as it was two hundred years go, when Swift wrote: (i Great tloas havo littlo lleas upou their backs to bito 'cm, And little tlcas h-.ve lesser llcas, and so on ad intiuitum." There is ono comfoit about all this public plunder. The mouey docs not go dead. It has to be invested and gives employment to labor. A mil lionaire cau'l eat nor wear out much more than I can, nor will he lock up his money and let it rest. Not long ago 1 asked a clever Northern nvin why it was t at the rich people who pay the moat of tho taxes let the pen sion steal go on so long and get bigger every year? He smiled and saiu: *? Why that pension money goes mostly to the poor and we get it back sooner or later. It is our cheapest way of supporting them, especially when wo havo your help." Poor Gar field, In his last mes sage he lamented that the pension rolls had got to tho alarming sum of #.'10, 000,000, but said there was comfort in knowing that it was obliged to decrease fiom natural causes, for death was the common lot and the pensioners were rapidly decreasing in nunibor. He wna mistaken. They havo been multi plying ever since he was killed, and now it takes 8150,000,000 to pay the roll. Public plunder would not be so bud if it was done in tho opon. What ag gravates us is that it is done on the sly through corruption, through bribes, franchises, charters, licenses, salines and schemes. It always vexes mo to see the cor k biding something or her chil I carryiug off a bundle on tho sly and hiding it under her apron aa she is going homo. But they are all so kind and so willing and so good to the children that wo saw wood and say nothing. They remind me of what a blind phrenologist said of a public of flclal in Homo while feeling the bumps cn his head. Ho did not know him at all, but said, " This man is kind hoart ed and good-natured and would do you a'favor if you wero in distress, but he will steal. If ho found a man asleep alono in a room at night he would slip Iiis purse from out his pocket, but would kis' hira before he left him." Ho diagnosed the man correctly, for ho was turned out of ofTlco aoou after for embezzling the public money, and ovorybody was eorry for him because ho was so geuorous wivh bis plunder. Stealing from tho public crib seems to bo a higher grado of crime than lying, though it takes lying and hypo crisy and deceit to accomplish it. I have often wondered why iying was not fo: bidden to tho Ton Command niont8. " Thou shalt not steal" is there, but " thou shalt uot lie " is not there, and yet it is accursed all through tho Scriptures and is the last Bin re corded in the last chapter of Hovo'a tione and in nearly the laat verse. "For without ave dugs and sorcerers, and whoremongers and murderers and whosoever lovcih nnd makcth a lie.'' According to David, that Bin did not leave very many to enter heavon, for ho says, " I sohl in miuo haste ah men are liars.'' The old Scotch preacher took it for a text aud his first remark was, " Ah, David, me mon, if ye had waited until now \ o might have said 1* at your leisure." Lying is no doubt Vho moat universal sin a-.iong mankind, hut it is graded and not always a sin. Stealing is always a sin, but lying must be malignant or harmful. Paul ?out Titus to Crete and wrote to him that ho would have a hard tlnio in establishing a church there, fcr the Cretans were all liars. Creto is Can* dia now, an island in the Mediterra nenn, inhabited by Mohammedans chiefly, and travolers say that they are no hotter now than they wore it St. Paul's day, for they are not only liars, but thieves. England used to have laws to punish common scolds, common drunkards and common vagabonds, but none to punish common liars, for they WOMAN'S TROUBLES AND FEHALB DISBASES CURED BY 'Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. Painful and Suppressed Menses, Ir regularity, Loucorrlicea, Whites, Steril ity, Ulceration of the Uterus, change of life, in matron or maid, all find re lief, help, benefit and euro in JOHNS TON'S SARSAPARILLA. It is a real , panacea for all pain or headache about thf* top or tack or the head, distrew* Ing pain in tho loft side, a disturbed condition of digestion, palpitation of the heart, cold hands and fcot, nerv ousness and irritation, sleeplessness, muscular weakness, bearing-down pains, backache, lofrache, irregular ac tion of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges, with extremely painful menstruation, scalding of urine, swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement and catarrh, and all those symptoms and troubles which make tho average wo man's life so miserable. UIDU1UAH llttVe OO., Detroit, SUch* For Sal c 1 j I ( J i 1 ) < ) s(P i g C< rr pauy,'Laurons, S. C. are generally harmless. Every com munity has ouo or two and they keep us amused at their Munchausen ex ploits in hunting and lishiug and their narrow escapes. Then there are somo uncommon liars?liars of tho iirat magnitude as Shakespeare calls them, such as Baron Muuchnuscn, Joe Mulhattan aud some Chicago editors aud preachers. Some of these get into the pulpit and mako up pathetic stories and thrilling iuc' dents to emphasize their sermons aud creato a scnsatio And there are thousands of little /hite lies, society lies that havo to be told for civility's sake?lies that Halter and please the visitor, the customer or tho pationt. All these are spoken lies, but Ihero are as mauy noted lies iu trading, such as concealing the truth and putting the best on top. In fact, everybody lie? more or less except children and foob, most of us mean no harm by it. My old partner used to say that some mighty clevor men would be shut out of heaven for swearing a lie to th"c;r lax returns, for D.ivtd says, " Lord, who shall abide in Thy taberuoe'e; who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?he that f-pcaketh tho truth in his heart and awcarelh to his own hurt and cbangelh not." Withholding wlmt is due to the State ia as bad as stealing from it. And withholding what a man ought to give to the church he belongs to ia almost as great a sin aa that of Ananias. It ia stealing from God. Nothing that a member of the church can do ao readily lixes his character as a Christian aa his willingnesa lo give all that he can according to hia means. Tithes and offerings have come down to ua from Cain and Abel in an unbroken line. Cain was a bad man, but he. pa;d hia tithes. He, was the llrst liar on record ?tho devil excepted. Then there are the lies published every day in the great daily papers ? political lies, commercial lica aud medi cal lies-lo catch the ignorant and un suspecting; some repor?crs lie to show their diligence in business. High coloring, veneering, varnishing are es sential qualities in a reporter, whether hia journal be white or yellow. Ho must lie a little, even though it has to bo taken back or modlllcd tho next day. And ao tho world wags on and tho people havo become so accustomed to lies that they make allowance for everything they hear or read. When tho historian wanted to cap tho climax ot General Washington's noble character ho wovo in that little atory of the cherry tree and made the boy to aay: ?? Father, I cannot tell a lio." And so I hope that all oui little boys will grow up to bo tiuthful men. Don't go behind the barn and emoke a cigarette, for that is telling a lie lo your father. You can tell a lio by winking your eyes or pointing yojr linger or concealing what you do from your parents or your teacher. If you do wrong own it hko a gentleman and you will havo their respect as well as your own. But the downfall of Tammany was no dofcat of tho New York Democracy ?for there wore as many good Demo crats us Republicans on that fusion ticket, and Ihcy will help Low to clean out the Augean stables. So let tho procession procoed. Bill, Aup. An expensive Jao.-TIio Now York Commercial calls attention to the most expcnsivo jag of recent record. The island of Guam, one of our colonial possessions, is a small placo and much isolated, but our naval commandants have made rather unfragrant history there. Captain Eciuy, the llrst com mandant, was a most eccentric ofllcer. Wo are told that tho Captain " ordered the peoplo to wear trousers and raiso hens instead of lighting rooslors." He i did other things thut made him un pleasant and was Anally relieved, of command. He was succeeded by a Captain .Villey, who hau, il is reported,! scandalized oven Iho natives with drunkenness and debauchery. To as certain the truth or falsehood of this' report a na al commission is on its way to the island. It requires two war ves sels to convey tho inquiring oillcors to their destination, and tho oxpense of tho trial and trip is estimated at $180.? 000. We hope that the next com. niandor will bo sane and sober, for if this sort of thing goes on the island of Quam, if sold outright, may not pay for tho possession, oven as a coaling station. Homo naval or othor ofllcer ought to bo sent thero who can undor I stand and make allowances for the na tlves and give them at least good ox ample. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Th? Kind You Hare Aiwcjrs Bought THE GOOD ROADS SPECIAL Greenville Invites the People of the State to the Good Boads Convention in De cember ?The Groat Need of the South. Ou behalf of Ihe citizens of Green ville an invitation is extended to the people of South Carolina to visit our city during the neck beginning Mon day, Dec. 10th, when the " Good Roads Special " of tho Southern Railway will bo hero for tho purpose of building sample roods and holding meetings with tho view of teaching the people I in practical road bunding. This is the only point in tho Piedmont section where tho train will atop to do any worl-, and everyone who can do so ought to take tho opportunity of learn ing for himself what can be done in tho making of roads with necessary machinery handled by men who are expert* in the business. So much has been said and written in regard lo this subject of good roads that the people of the South arc prac tically in thorough accord with the idea that good roads arc an acquisition and benefit to any community. Every one is convinced that the lack of gc od roads is one of the greatest drawbacks to the growth and prosperity of tho South, aud to supply this lack is one of the most serious problems before us to-day. A net-work of main roads built under scientific directiou with durable aud permanent material will alone meet tho urgent demand of our rural districts and market towns. Tho lines of com petition aro being drawn more closely every year aud the margin of profits aro growing moie slender in conse quence, so that it is imperative to em ploy every element looking to low priced production and cheap distribu tion of ihe crops that aro grown on the farms, and which are to be consumed by the non-producers. The entire p <p ulatiou of any sectiou is interested in whatever may contribute to this result, aud it is clearly demonstrated that good mads are a prime factor in the develop ment of the country, while providing tho greatest economy in bringing the producer and consumer together, so that both classes will profit by easy and cheap transportation oyor our public roads. How can we secure belter roads in tho South ? This is the question to be discussed by practical men in the Good Roads convention which will be held "i this city while the road-iuaking is being demonstrated on tho roads and streets. Organized and practical Hues must bo laid down to secure tho results aimed at, and it is necessary that every citizen shall givo his moral and finan cial support to measures which uro in tended for the benefit of all. Good roads mean a direct benefit to every farmer, as there is no plan that will do more to enhance the value of lauds and develop ruial communities thnu permanent and well-constructed highways. Nothing can be found to contribute more to tho contentment and happiness of a farming population, and whatever conduces to this state of affairs on the farm confers lasting benefits upou towns and cities, for the prosperity and advancement ol the farmers arc quickly reflected in the growth aud weulth-producing character of thi ir neighbors. While there is great unanimity upon tho advantages of good roads, there is in reality very little practical knowh dge as to the means and appliances for so curing this desirable result, and hence the proposed Convention ought to at tract men from every walk of life, espe cially those who are engaged in making and executing tho laws of tho Stale. The burden of constructing and main taining good roads must not fall upon any particular ciass, and while the work of road-building is a practical necessity, there is also an imperative requirement in providing tho ways and means for constructing roads upon an equitable and just basis. This can be ascertained by discussion and demon stration, and hence tho propriety of organizing Good Roads associations while giving instruction iu piactical road-building. Roth of these objects will bo attained in tho coming of the " Good Roads Special " next month to Greenville, aud such an opportunity is rarely given any poople at so modorate a cost. The citizens of Greonville aro mak ing full preparation for the accommo dation of tho hundreds and thousands who aro expected from every quarter of tho State, and in addition to the hotels aud boarding houses, tho privato families arc asked to tako boarders for tho weok in order to provide for any extra domand on this occasion. Jamkh A. Hoyt, Chm'n, J. F. Richardson, a. j. s. Thomas, J. lt. Horton, Jas. T. Williams, Jk , Press Coramittco. Greenville, S. C., Nov. 15, 1001. Miss Stonk is not to Blamk.?The executive Ofllcers Of tho American Board of Foroign Missions, concern ing the caso of Miss Ellen M. Stone, have issued n muten.cut intended to bo corrective of reports that havo been widely published relative to the condi tion thnt rosulled in hor capturo bytho brigands. This statement aflirms that Mls3 Stone was in pursuit of her custo mary duties ns a missionary when she was captured. Tho route over which she was traveling is ono that is con tinually used by tho missionaries and without reason for apprehcuding any special danger. No warning whaiovor was givon Miss Stono as to this parti cular journey, either by tho fuikish or Bulgarian authorities. Sho had the usual escort of eighteen or twenty people and was accustomed to carry with her a Turkish tcskre, or permit, to travel. One of tho missionaries ac quainted with the region states that tho route Miss Stono took was the safest of any m that region. The state mc.nl further affirms that there is no ground whatever for criticising Miss Stone for want of precaution in mak ing this journey. The three greatest shipping ports in the world are New Yo k, Liverpool and Hamburg. OABTOniA. THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS. Plan Adopted for Perfecting: the Rolls of Soldiers Prom this State. Au important, meeting was held iu Columbia on the .'Hst of October, com posed of a joint committee of Con federate Veterans aud Sons of Viel aus 1 The meeting was for the purpose of considering the vitally important mat- 1 ter of the completion of tho Con fed- ! erato rolls ol this State. Much ear- ' I neatness was manifested by the mein-; bora of the committee, all realizing that tho time for the perfection of the rolls has arrived if they are ever lo be re-! vi8od and corrected. At the time the meeting was held it was impossible to give details, aud hence the publication 1 of tho following complete report made I by the secretary of th<j meeting: There met on Uct. ill, pursuant to 1 tho call of the chairman, G^n. Zimmer- ' man Davis, tho joint State committee on detail of enrollment and organiza tion appointed pursuant to tho resolu tion adopted by tho late State conven tion of United Confederate Veterans, providing that by individual aud or ganized effort there be obtained as soon as possible " a correct and com plete enrollment of nil persons who served iu the army or navy of the Con federate Slates, and that this enioll- ! mciH bo along geographical lines by i ttio township and county from which ' the person entered the military or I naval servico of the Confederacy, or in ! which ho resided after such service ceased." Tho meeting having been called to order by (Jon. Davis, he announced (bat tho commandant of the South Carolina division of United Confedcr- | ate Vcteraua had appointed the follow- ! lug committee of Veterans: Zimmer-; man D:ivis, chairman, Charleston; J. H. Steinmeyer of Early Brauch; lt. K. ! Hemphill of Abbeville; Jas. A. Uoyt, I Greenville; W. H. Edwards, Cbestcr; J. L. Coker, Society Hill; Thoo. Kohn, | Orangeburg. Gen. Davis further announced that lie had requested the auxiliary com mittee of the Sons of Veterans to meet in joint session with the above staled committee of Veterans on detail or en rollment and organization, to act as a joint committee. Gen. Butler Ilagood, commandant of the Sous of Veterans, being present, announced that he had appointed the censmittee of Sons of Vote raus auxil miy to the committee of Veterans as follows: 1). II. Means, chairman, Co lumbia; Milledge Bouhatn, Abbeville; E. II. Aull, Newberry; Frank West on, ! Columbia; August Kohn, Columbia; It. M. Davis, Columbia; Wiu. Aikon Kelly, j Sumter; J. E. Norment, Darlington;! Henry W. Conner, Charleston; 1). A. j Spivey, Ccnway; Chas. G. Dantzler, Orangeburg,and E. J. Watson, Colum-1 bia. The committees in joint session were called to order by Gen. Z. Davis, chair man, who asked that Mr. D. II. Means bo made secretary, and it was so or dered. There were present Zimmerman Davis, Jas. A. Hoyt and Theodore Kohn ot tho Veterans; 1). H. Means, Miliedgc L. Bonham, E. H. Aull, VV. Aikvn Kelly, Henry VV. Conner, D. A. Spivey and 0. G. Dantzter, of the Sons. Upon suggestion of Gen. Zimmer man Davis it was ordered that Gen. C. I, Walker, commandant of the South Carolina division, United Confederate Vctcraus, be added to the committee of Veterans, and that Butler Hngood, commandant of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, South Carolina division, he added to the auxiliary com mittee of Sons. Upon motion of M. L. Bonham it was ordered that the chairman of this meeting, with the aid of the com man* dtnt of tho South Carolina division of United Confederate Veterans and of the commandant, of the South Carolina division of the United Sons of Con federate Veterans, be empowered to appoint a committee consisting of one Veteran and ono son of a Veteran for each county in the State, whose duty it shall be by individual and organized effort to enroll the names of all the Veterans from each county, and that tho president of the Daughters of the Confederacy for South Carolina he ro cmcstcd to appoint a member of that oaganization in each county to act with these county committees. It was also ordered that the committoc for each county bo authorized to appoint town ship committees. As representing the Daughters of the Confederacy there were present Mrs. Thomas Taylor, president of tho Daughters of tho Confederacy of South Curolina; Mrs. Richard O'Ncale, of Columbia and Mrs. Isaac G. MeKissick, of Union. Upon motion of Mr. Dantzlor, it was Resolved, That the thanks of the joint committee of tho South Caro lina divis.on of United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans ho aud are hereby tendered to tho United' Daughters of tho Coniedcrac\ for their zeal in behalf of the collection and preservation of rolls of Confederate Vttorans aud that they bo and are hereby respectfully recmested to co operate wlih tho committee in all ef forts to obtain complcto rolls of tho soldiors of tho Confederacy enlisted from this State. Also upon motion tho following wero appointed a committco to be present at tho convention of tho Daughtcra of tho Conftderacy in Sumtcr on Nov. 27th for tho purposo of addresdng the Daughters upon tho work in hand and soliciting their co-oporation: Gen. Zimmerman Davis and Mnj. J. L. Cokor, of tho Votorans, and Messrs. Uonham, Aull and Means, of tho Sons. Whereupon all of thoso gentlemen, who were present, signified their pur poso of complying. It was also Resolved, That Qen. Zimmerrann Davis, with tho commandant of tho Sons of Veterans, bo requested to pro pare and submit a momorial to be signed by each member of tho joint commitleo requesting the Legislature to appropriate $800, if so much be necessary, for the purpose of purchas ing tho necessary county and township record books, stationery, stamps, etc., for the prosecution of this work. Upon motion tho committee then adjourned. It will be observed that no definite 15 Minutes sufficient to give you most delicious tea biscuit using Royal Baking Powder as di rected. A pure, true leavener. number has been fixed as tho member ship of eaeli township committee, Tho township committee may be iucreased as the size of the township and work to be dene may require, so that there may he one or more members of the township committee appointed for each village, neighborhood or city ward, as may be required to accom plish the enrollment. Tho impor tance of this arrangement is apprecia ted when it is uoted that the central idea at the convention's plan is for the namos of tho Confederate sailors and soldiers to bo onrolled from each neighborhood, village and ward into tho township enrollment book accord ing to the neighborhood, township atd county iroin which the Veteran ca tered the Confederacy's service or in which lie resided .after such service ceased; so that Veteran's homestead or site of homestead (or l eighborbood where he resided) may suggest Vet eran's name for enrollment. The organization of township or neighborhood camps of Veterans and of sous and daughters of Veterans sug gested by the State convention's reso lutions will doubtless prove a valuable aid to the work. However, committees on enrollment will bo appointed in every township in the State, and it is reasonably and confidently hoped that every native born resident of every neighborhood wiil deem it a privilege and pleasant duly to render the town ship committees prompt and zealous aid in the enrolling of the names of their own Veteran fathers, brothers, sons, husbands and neighbors. PHENOMENON OF A CENTURY An Interesting Display in the Heavens That All Should Ob serve, Considerable interest is manifested in the novel aud beautiful view of the planets now displayed in the evening sky, and which will grow more and more interesting between now aud the latter part of the month. Judge George 11 illy er, who is re garded as an authority on matters as tronomical, has furnished the Atlanta Constitution with the following state ment regarding the unusual display: <klf just beloro dark, the observer will stand with his right hand to the W08t and thus looking toward to tbe south to the right of the meridian, a little more than half way between the zenith and the horizon, ho will sec Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in a line diagonal lo the meridian and pointing toward the sunset. Venus is nearest to the sun ami much the brighter of tho three. Next to Venus, in the line to the left and above Venus, is Jupiter, and then Saturn in the same line to tho left and above Jupiter. " Venus is at this time about 00, 000,000 miles from us; Jupiter, say 500,000,000 miles away, and Saturn nearly twice as far as Jupiter. Either of them is immensely?near a thous andfold?larger than Venus. The reason Venus shines so much brighter than the other two is that she is much nearer to us; and also being so much nearer the sun than they she is in the glow of the sun's more brilliant and in tense light, which is reflected lo us. " They are all traveling in their or bits in the same direction eastward; but tho apparent motion of Jupiter, as projected on the vault of the heavens, is more rapid than that of Saturn; and such motion of Venus much more rapid than cither of the two, so that both Venus and Jupiter are night after night shortening the distance between them and baturn, nnd both of them will nearly, or quite, overtake Saturn within the next two weeks?say about tho 2(5th of November?when they will be nearer together, as visible in a c nvenieut period of the twenty-four bouts, than they have been in hun dreds of years. *? Between now and tho 2Gih instant Die moon will | ius by the name place in the heavens. This will occur about tho half moon; aud tho most interest ing display of all is, or will be, when we shall h ivo theso four most brilliant and interesting?and two of them by great odds tho largest of the number ot our planetary system?grouped so near together. Mars is ou nearly the same line, but nearer the sun, as seen in ll.c fky, than cither of tho others; but Mars, though distinguished by his steady red light, is so tar off at this time on tho opposite sido of its orbit as not to comparo with either of the othcis named in brilliancy. When 1 wroto a short ttmo ngo tho planet Mercury was also on tho same general line, aud might havo been sceu be twoon tho other planets aad the sun. Now, however, Mcreiry, which travels aiound tho sun in its oibit in about throo months, has passed across be tween us and the sun, and is at this limo on tho opposiio sido of tho sun, and from having then been an evening star, is now a morning star, and rises uat beforo tho sun." Dr. L. O. Howard, tho entomologist of tho department of agriculture, calcu liatos that tho annual losses produced by certain insects in destroying crop* in tho United Slates aro over $300, 000,000. Most of thoso damages arc by imported insects. OA.STOH.IA.. Bean the s> The Kind You Haw Always Bought A CHILD TWICE KIDNAPPED. The Mother Finds Daughter Stolen in Florida Nine Years Ago. A strange story of abduction camo to light iu Columbia a few days ago when Mrs. McNeil Wilson, of Dado City, Fla., arrived aud claimed her daughter, Loula, who had been twice stolen from homo in Florida, the last time uiuo years ago. The story as told by tho mothor is almost like a climax chapter taken fiom %oib romauco rich iu its holding of human interest. The followiug facts iu tho case were told by Mrs. Wilson. Nino years ago a man named Miller secured board at her home. He was from the North and claimed to bo an author. Ho became strangely infatua led with Mrs. Wilson's little daugut then but six years old. Miller disappeared suddenly one day, taking the child with him. For eleven moulds search was made for the kidnapped child and at the end of this lime she was located in a convent at St. Augustine. Mrs. Wilson im mediately instituted legal proceeding to secure her child, in which she suc ceeded. Several months later a man named Henderson, presumably acliug for Miller, appeared in Dade City, and, by a cleverly planned scheme, succeeded in again kidnapping the child. Again was search for her instituted, which was rewarded by clews which led the mother to believe her liltle daughter was confined in a convent in Selma, I Ala. Thither she went, only to find tliat the abductors hau gotten wind of her coning and spirited the child away. During the intervening years Mrs, Wilson was frequently in rocoipt of mysterious letters purporting to givo clews as to the whereabouts of her child. Although investigated in euch instance, the letters proved to bo false clews. Mrs. Wilson's elder daughter went to Canada on a fruitless errand in answer to a letter received two years ago. Her mother received a photograph of her child, but the poatmurk gave no clew as to her whereabouts. Lust July the child came to Columbia alone and applied to the Ursulino convent for admission, saying her name was Mary Young and bearing letters signed by a Mr. Miller. She could not tell much of her antecedents and the mother superior refused to admit her. One of the sisters, however, secured the girl a homo with Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sandifer, a Catholic family in the city, and with them she has since lived. She is a bright, attractive girl and knew there was some mystery in her life. As soon as she had gotten away from Miller she commenced to mako investigations into malteis referrod to ' in a letter of Miller's which had fallen I into her hands. Sho secured the names of parties in South Florida and after weeks of correspondence tho child's efforts led to the mother coming to Columbia, a happy reunion and tho ending of a most remarkable case. Tho mother and child left for their Florida home at once. It is understood that Miller is now a resident of Lako City, Fla. An Impoktant Discovery.?E. S. Martin,in the current number of Har per's Weekly, announcea a discovery which will be read with very great in terest by the public at largo as well as in scientific circles. According to this writer, two well-known French chemists, Dr8. Degrez and llalcthazard, have recently learned by accident that bioxido of aoditim will purify inclosed air sullieiently to enablo persons to breathe it over and over again without harmtul effects. This discovery was reached by seal ing up animals in air-tight receptacles along with lumps of bioxide of sodium. Instead of languishing tho animals found no difficulty iu breathing what ever. Encouraged by this disclosure tho chemists decided to carry tho ex periment still furthor, and accordingly thoy lowered a man inio the walor with a diver's helmet upon his head lined with bioxide of sodium, but without any tubular connection with tho upper air, and they found that tho man under theso circumstances could breathe for an indefinite length of time without embarrassment. In explanation of this apparent con travention of natural laws it is said that bioxide of todium absorbs tho oat hon from tho carbonic acid gas ex polled from tho luuga and liberates pure oxygen. If pcrfociod, this dis covery will provo of great practical benefit not only to miners and drivers, but also to people brought together in doso quarters, such as in schools, theaters aud. hospitals. In St. Louis tho nut cracking indus try gives employment to n considerably ' number of persons. Thcro are Ihrj plants in tho city, oach nut being individually into tho crusher. 1 iho shells aro cracked the nuts windowed by an air blast aud tho is picked from tho craoked shehj hand, women and girls being om| for this part of the work. OA fioaratho Signatar? Ct TOniA. > The Kind You Have Always ?flUfftt