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eo CBtiDb01 EIAIIIIE)1865. 'A :, I"llFL L . kt. (., TUESDAY, l'ABC11 {i, 19O0() !x.jJ 1.0Ay Ai THE NEW PENSION LAW OF THE STATE. MAIM) t)R4 lit (n h.nNNNATu1Nl Ob i1 V$9 19( l1t{, W1t11 c'uilttn im tib It, tr{lh.ti^4et;xt id tthl Ait. Tiat to at titrCRt t, Rt ldi 51,t11ilerr tt oiut It 'srIii, The following is the now pension law, based upon reconmenidations of the Confederate Veteran's associa tion of the State. The bill was in troduced by Mr. Patton, of Richlat d at their rucut-st. The act was ap proved February 1(it.h, by Governor McSwoonov. It roads: Section 1. Be it oineted by the general assembly of the Stato of South Carolina: The sumtt of at least one hundred thousand dolhars shill be annually appropriated to piay t he ponsions provided for by this act, and in ca3o the same, or such amount. as shall be appropriated, shall be iui suflicient, then the amount so appro. priated shall be distributed propor tionately among thoso legally enti tied to receive the sarme: l'rovided, That those pensioniers <tescribod in sub-division (a), secti.nt 4 herein, shall have been first. paid in full. Sec. 2. The applicantt must have been a resident of the State two years prior to the time of the npplication. Sec. 3. In order to obtain I he bone fits of this chapter the applienut un qualified by residence must also show. (A) If a man. 1st. that he was a bona tido sol dier in the service in thet State or in the Confederate States in the war between the States; and 2d. Either (a). That while in such service he lost a leg or an arm, or received other bodily irjitry where by he has become distabled, and fur. ther, that neither himself nor his wife has an income not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor property sullicient to produce such an income; (b) that he has teached the age of sixty years, and that neither he nor his wife is receiving annually an annual income of severity-five dollars from any source nor possessed of -property sufficient to produce such an income. (B) If a woman. 1st. That she is the widow of a man who was a hona fide soldier or sailor in the service of the State or of the Confederate States in the war between tho States; and 2d. That she has never remarried; and 3d. That either- (a) she is sixty years of age; or (b) that her husband lost his life in the service of the State or of the Confederate States in the war between the States; anid 4th. That she has not an income of one hundred dollars per annum nor property sufficient to produce the same. Sec. 4. Tho persons describd in the preceeding sect,ions shall be enti tled to a pension upon complying with the other provisions of this act, and shall be paid the amounts hero inafter set forth, to wit: (a) All soldiers or sailors who lost both arms or both legs, or sight, or who are physically helpless, the sum of eight dollars per' mtonth. (b), All soldiers or sailors who lost one arm or leg in the service, the sum of four dollars per month. (c) All otnor persons entitled to pensions under the provisions of this act, the sum of ethree dollars per month: Provided, That all soldiers and sailors, now citizens of this State, who were in the service of the State or of the Confederate atattos in the war betwoon the States, ans1 who are totally disabled by paralysis, and who have no income, and who is un able to make a living, shall reeive pensions as provided b)y this act the same as those under class "A" of this section. Sec. 5. Before any soldier or sail or shall receive any payment pro vided in this act, he shall make an application, in writing, through the township representative, add ressedl to the county pension board, to be ap pointed. as hereinafter directed fo,r each county of the State, setting forth in detail the nature of the dis nhling wonnr1 if ny. t.he coanyn and regiment or battalion in which he served, and at the time and1 place of receiving the wound, and showiug thot noither he nor his wifu is iu ro oeipt of the ipeomo sr, henr tlet Nptioilud 1und ting: futhera lt tlhe 01ma tid phitto of I't:sdeneit within the ft,t"e by the rpptlicnnt. Such tlpltlietioni atl h verifled bI:y Ihe applicant, iado beforo any ollicor in the Statt authorized to adiniuister oaths, and shall lie accomiettp:tiod by the allidavit" of on1 or inure cred itablo witnesses, stating that they know the applhcant was a soldier or sailor or the wife of such, as the case mary bo, and beoliove t he alltg~at+ionts mjitl in the applicati ,n to hat trut: Provided, That Hsaidt application shall show that the aj)plieatt is not draw ing a pousion in any other State. Sec. 6. Such alptcal io)n shall lh be verilied by a certi icate of the au ditor of lho county inl which the .p plicant resides, showing amount of tax return, an.I that. his incomnO does exceed the amount stated, and that he i, not posse:-socd of sutliciont prop orty to produtco such income; and it shall be thit dutty of tho auditor to furn'sh su.tch crttticates, if ho shall so lintl the fact', without foo or chargr'. See. i. 1t ''Ol county of the State the sail appiei ic:=. ton shall ho submit ted to a hou,"rrl com,uposedl of four ex Confed'otr seldr or snilors (to ho chosen : s rtit dor providtd), who Khali not b. h r" of or applicants for a pentstion, and a r'gularly prac ticing physicit:t to ho selected by themi, which said live persons shall coastituto thto county penttsion board. Thoy shall meet on the 3d Monday of Januarj each year, and shall exam ine ich applicant, under therulesand regulations prescribed by t ho Stato board of pensioners. After first bo mg duly sworn, fairly and impartial. ly to discharge the dutes of their of lice, and afto'r said oaths c.o duly filed in the oflico of the aeitk of court., the said county pension board shall proceed with the discharge of the duties imposed upon them, and shall certify their approval to the State board of pensions, giving in detail the reasons which influenced them to grant or oppose each appli. cation, accompanied by all t he ovi denct by which they made their do. cislous. So. 8. Four membors of said board shall constituto the quornm. A majority of the members of the board present may dotormino any matter presented to them, subject, however, to a right of the State board. As soon as such county board comleto. its list as above, giv ig t ho names of tim penisioners, their residleacos and amounts por month to which they are entitled, they shall certify the samoe to the State board of pensioners, to be roviowved by them. T1he compensation of the memn hers of the hoard shall bo $2 per day for each day's sorvice, not exceeding, however, live day's servica in any one year. Sec. 9. The State board of pen. sioners shall thorouponi pass8 upon the names contained in said lists, and shall certify to clerks of courts of the various counties the lists of the names and amounts approved by them, and said clerks of courts shall record the same in a book, and1( saidl roll so made up shall be designated "approved ponsion rolls for 19-," and such poreons shall constitute tihe pensioners entitled to recoive the aid horein provided for tihe current year. Soc. 10. Every application ap proved by the county boara withl all papers upon which they act, shall 1)0 filed in the comptroller general's of fice by the first day of Fe'bruary of each year, to be by him submitted to the state board of pensions for their review. In the examination of tile applications of each person for a pen sioni, t lie said b)oard shall inquire particularly into alil tile facts set forth in the application, and shall have tihe right t.o examine such wit nesses and to take such evidence as to determine the right of such ap picant to peonsioni, and for the pur piose of this chlapter the chairman of eachm county pension board shall have right to administer oaths. In mak ing their repor1 to the State board of pninm, they shall set f#Lh in co. cise and plainl lainguattge, giving in detail (and soparately) thoir findings upon ttatth materini allegat ion con. tilied in th Itpii fliti to, M r-. 1 ) .l! hi of tiII !:t utttt ;l4 b alo rhltlll hrple al rIh v whiti t loy l t'lhll MOWd 'l I' . O 1; IblipplIUttt;is+ f 1o l " muls ti1t4ig fortht toll 1proy"Z tiid distpt>Val?, wrhichl 1 ook 0h,ll bo fitld in ithet ollict of Ihe clerkc oft onrt t,f ('onlloonl pleas for rcit count y :;l.md I the clerk sihallI fromIl said bookeerit i fy to thc' comiptrollb-r gurneral, on or beforo t he first day of February of t"ach your, th nuiwb'r of pension erH \wIh ar' iit ill alivo mui ont itlo l to i Imt 1Ho. I2. Ih t Sttlo board of pen sious shall Iive the authority, and it sall1 1 tleir cluty", to r'vis" tihe list of peition claii ialowetI by ilachi county board 11an1d to confirml or ro jet. iniy pension claiu allowed by such boa:rd, Its thy iay denlI prop or Mid ri.hlt, iup-mt thu fact- p)rese'nt (d hv thtt said boarJ, or l l,mt s:ch additional Iiett, conetttct'i th11rew ithr ats theyv may I r\tlart; but theoy havt"t no0 right in lan0y elnsi to grant at pot sioln ules;lc"ri iht h111110 is lwt i. regu larly approved I t110 counlty 1)oard of I,olsioiu. Stc. 13. The cointy board of p,n i:)nH -.h:tll 1)) cotnstituted 115 fol'.-..: Oi tho first Saturday in Augntt of ench year thr .-urvivi!ng t-oldlit:. trand sailors of t ho State or t;e (' : ft'd orato States in ti' war )tw." "n the States,e in each townsJhip, t:t' moot. at a timno I,wtl plitco tlerrii dlcsi~ nat'd by ti)b, cha1inl.1 of tIh' counttty board, by t wo wookl' pul,it: itntic". and having or;raniz'd by h'lcting a chairman and socretitary, shll elect by ballot an ex-Confoderie Holdier or sailor, not 't holder of nor il lip plicant for a ponsion, as tho repro sentativo of the votorans of said town sli p. Theo representattivo.i so elected shall moet at thu rounty court house on first Monday in September following, and having organized by electing a presiding officer and secretary, shall elect from their own number four, who, having selected a competent physician, aidol el'cted ote of them. selves as ehainrmal, r,ball co1StItut.e, togeother with sueh phiysiciaun, tho county pension boniul for the year or until thoir sucessors are ('leetel and qua11lied. In those townships whero tho vetorans failed to at4ot11 a repre eta'tlttive 85 ashreinl provided, the chirinn of tho county pension board shall appoint tsomeo porion otherwise qlualitied as rep1resttativo until such election shall bo had ; and in these coiunties whoe thc survivors f.pil to organize a county board as1 herein provided, the State board of pensions may appoint four ox. Couifedhirateo so! dit'rs or satilora otherwiso qualified to organIizo anid const ituite said county board. Sec. 14. In case there should bo in1 lany tow[nshipf 1n0 peirsonu qulalified to act as represent ative, Ithen the vet - eranus may elects, or ini casoi of t he'ir failmo so to do, t he ebati rman of the counfty penion)i board mayt~ appoint, somne properly q ual ilied veteran re idnosewhere int said cut Soc. 15. T.he comptroller gencral shall be chairman of the State board of pensions, and lie wit h three ox Confederate soldiers, not holders of nor app)licants for pensions, to be se lected b)y the United Confederate Voterans' association at their andual meetings, toget.her with a competent p)hysician to be selected by them, shall constitute said Stato board of pensions. Th at the lom pt1 roller gon eral shall appoint a init able person to serve as clerk of State board of pensions; said clerik to receive a sal ary of $600) per nnum for his ser vices. In caIso of failure to select by the said voterns' assoeiation, the th)re'e members properly qualified shall, be -'ppoin ted by t be governor. The term of ollco of the selected members of said board shall be for one year and until their successors are elected or appointed and havo gniali iled. Soc. .16. The lomupensat.ion of the members of the county pension board shall be $2 per day, not to excie(d five days, and thle comp)ensation of the Slate board shall1 be $2 per day, not to nexnnr1 five days, nnd te lattem of 5 cents per mile. So. 17. In counties whoro thf Hurviyor (Nit or rauins to oonpl, With ttitl tprovilltnH Uorof, t.ho N!tt h1111fr .hn ! 1 0 t i.c h tt l i''.g11d10oil fot' tht di: i't;t1tiot tl f ti11 fuilid to mih couti's M they t(Itt m Ib.eHt, SUe. 1i. It ".hall be tho duty o tihe compl t role get ((i to issuo Ut tlie irst Monbay in A j,il of eoel year, to tiw. IeIry ontitthil to reeivi at pon4iont biei rll'lir hli; warrat, to silell sut as mi1v ho I pr1'i'scribo(d so long a1 t sch urttamO shall r -main o t ho pene. r +li ats ab1ov0 prorsrribed1 or unttil ".(O-un l of the I "ith .r ro ioval fr m t1e Statec of such )en1 sion(er: 'roviled, That th comp t roll('r gnt "ral shmIl forward tih, 'unloltr t (ltf, thite )'nsiolers of etel co luty 1. ive clerk of court of tlhl se'erIl i ."r ittivs of tho Sta ', to h paid out by said clerk of coutL with out, a 1(Ii'on:l comltp(i':si1ensait ion. See. 19. It shll be the duty of tII comnptro!lhr g(ener:al to prepar lu CalusO to ho pritedrc forms ini blan1 on which 4 C!t 0pplii:ntion", certiti ('atos alnd[ alliia VitH Ill 1,co n.01VI iontly Ima"Ie, an11d ho shall cause tih saome to ho list r"ib uto(d ;in the suivorlt counties of thr' Stato in such numbllh e 1ad such mannleto r as inl his jol lglumn See. 20. 1 h ( ver the nani'' o anly p,orson who br1 b;eon doelare<t entitled to receive ia ponsion un (dor the laws of this Statt' shil have been omit teil, hy any accident from the proper lists, it slhall bo th duty of the Sto hoard of pension to allow, urnid the duty of tho cOnlp troller goneral to issue hiiis wiarran for, tho loltlnt. of tho pensitI t, which such person wouli have bee1 entit.lod, s-tid am111onut to ho paid Oin of tho next. regula,r ippropriatiorn fo pension,, after the fact of such 1ne cident shall havc, boon determined b' said State board of poilsions, an said amounts shall be paid out of st; appropriation before th 'same shal be npportioned among the person entitled thereto. Sec. 21. That sections 939, 94C 911, 942, 943, 94, 945, 90, 9 7, 946 919, 950, 951, 952, 053, 954, 955, o the ltvised St atutes of 1893, and al acts amendatory thereof, he, and tb satme are hereby, repealel. See. 22. Until the election of ti county ponsion board and the Stat, board of pensions shall he had, a provided for herein, the several non sion boards as now constitutocd shllt continue to exercise their rospectiv funcetio ns. Praying for More Faith. "'I hea.r men everywvhere pray~ ing for miore faith,"' says Phililip Brooks ; "buh~t when I listen tI them11 carefully, and( gct at t he r*en heart of' their prayers, very ofteni is not more failth at all they ar want ing, but a change from fait] to sight. "'hat shalhl I do wvit h sorrow "''Take it uip and1( bear it, am get strength and1( blessing'out of it. "'Ah, if I onily kniew whait less5 ing there is in it ;if I only say' couild becar it. WVhat shall I dI withI this hardi, hatefuil duity' wic Christ has laidl right inl miy way? "'Do it, aind grow by it.' "'Ah, yes, if 1 couldi only se thlt. it would make1(1 1me growv. "in both of ths cases yo di Ol( not see that wvhat you arc begginig for is not more fauithI, although yol tinlk it is, but sight. "You want to see for yoursel the blessing in the sorrow, th st rength in tihe hard, hateful task "'Faith says not. 'I see thati is good for me, and so God mus11 have sent it,' but 'God1 senit it, an1 so it must be1 good for mc.' "Failth walking in thme dark wvit G;od, only prays IIlim to clasp it hand1( more closely ; (1oes not eve ask 11I1m for the lighten31ing of th (larkness35, so that the manii may1, fln tihe way himnself."' ma ~n~y tho;*s.id -e days at lernit t wo-Itrd,i of n utymptf)oms rwmo1 mS ..tInonglad TEl DAYS rat1onfl re. LADYSMITH FREE AT LAST. rt t nll tJ$ t U I't- In 3't ,t!'I itt V i t. lailII b l itt TI'Fi: 1 it D 1110 411 ' h idi l i l+ i">: of- -n W htt. Fie, tterit t? wr ttult ahls +,I,ttrt lim. I d)tulult, h ., 9 t, Itt - - i t oliitlly am>nlu n u'rd it the wll.t otlleo that (.eral I le>rd iiutdonal with the Natal Carb.ineeers and ita com posito retgintunt ('Iite'rud I inysni h this morning It La lysinith, aItirch 1. - At I o'c''clck thiR norniig at portion of fore's of thi n iO i*lIille,h mi ih i - < h n irIl w i th a f l i f o r : t o f N su t a l Crbuuloer' arid sre'vt"n (")I Pnieis of othor regitut", ailotig them sot'e Dublin leusiilikers an.1 Lancaoir, reached this city ant raisid the sige. Il.oy elnm., via the rel avros Klip rive'r :tttl east of Caw mr's hill. l'vt'ryho y herr -ttl beeomni wirn , u)' wVith the>'nti u -m",t" e tratin. Poo- v 1ple sh41pt littlo mtnl roam.-d :ih.'n-t. evt'n careo of tho efforts of the ,l Bovr snipers. For hurs and houtrs e eyos were gI ue'd to Ioloscols'y. At last rho glad nowsO:;atto. in tiors yste:traIny morning breougiht in fortmation that .1U3Iler oxl ctid to I relieve the garrison within twonty- o four hoors. The consu4e tnt rejoic fltg Wt., great. After ihto e.pture of ',iter's hill tho Boers simply (diSa1pp,'troel as tho l3ritish advantced. Tho0r0 w,as no f genttlu retiring tovomentt.. )unndonall t;out, a scouti e'g exp - I dition west 'Tuesdlay night. 1 tWed. uceslay hl)1 reported that be eo'tld ) t.rml Lysniith an<al lhe was di receidI cto do so. l had little dil\eultv in I unaking his way through the ravm 11 t taitn aronnd tho hills. hat ovening ho crussoel t.ho plain and followed Sho railroad track, entored the city, t reaching hero this morning. General White had madlo propara tions to sally out to aid the advanco F of the British if necessary. Dundonald reports that t.hen the r Lancashires charged Piotors hill r Tuoeday they overtook the Boers fly ing from the trenches and bayonot- 1 ted them. Sixtoon fleeing mctn were killed and twenty-three wounded. t L,ondon-G(iene'ral Buller soin t he following: "Nolthrope, March lst", 5.20 p. m. ITavo just returned fromi Ladysmith. Except at small guard north of Surpriso hill the whole on. t 8 (Itly latoly besiegir;g the town has I retired in hot haste and south of the town the country is quito clear of I themn. "Tiho garrison wasn on half it pound I of mieat per man11 pe'r dlay and they I woere -l supp'Oletin g t he mea'nt rat.ion i ithl thei Ii.lh of horses andIt muitlte. I TheIx meno will want a lit tle nursing I ~'before b(eing fit. for the fill.' T1oTAL~ OF Tull 11oEn PiIsoNEas-q-illolTi' F-UL coJNIIoN' wPITliN THES DE SERTIED LAAo1Ea, Paardobu rg, Maurch 1.Gnea Roberts reports Ithat the Boers cap turedl at Paairdeburg number 4,1(62. This with 000 capt uired at or near K imberley brings the total captu rod to about 5,700. With about (l00 -killed and1( wounlded and 200 do ,soRrted to (ho lBritish, 5,500) of the 7,000 to 8,000) men Cronje 1had4 are accolunted1 for. TJhe remiajiing troops are sulpposed to have escaped in smalli1 parties. Th~1e p)risono&rs Iinclude Comuman dant WVolni,arains, a m-onuber of t he Transvaial oxecutivo conuncil, two m iemberst of the Volknbrod and t wo sons8 of 1Herr Fisher, member of t he Orange Froe Staito executivo council. Cronje and1( the Wolmarans areo SKruger's firmest, closest sulpporters. Tw~o hours inspe)ctionI of the aban doned Boor higer was an ordeal- c t It, is marvelous how anyone couldr t remain ten datys among the decom-i I poing horsen- and( entrails of cattle anid shoop1 neat tored1 everywhere and1( Sroasting in t ho nun. Not a single s wag->nf is left iit'iet. Most of them ar(e half burnerd. Scarcely any ar e. tillery ammniitioni is loft. . ITho pos! ion on, th 1S) outh is pro. tected by remarkable t renchos look ing like split anmib bolls, banked with 14and( bags waiot high, the ends doop(41 alnd ove, hanlginig. M~any bnags " are filled with flour, broad and( car * tridgos. 1i. m nmhObuh tha ro ioro than three 111en lived in each ronch. '1he pria(onlers looked moro lilto an Ttltllitr horlt thliI Hiuldlersi, Many 'ay t) rtl imel im1 ftrt jtloyn. gtO rt , T y p1)r t it1 il t tjl' l, 'oy t,ii y it oul h n1llO "t t1 rt (hitt s?(1by fillx e yti tt ( i tying th11 II("cts whenl can;igb titutltionln. ('r1nje and abiou1t, at dozen'1 otherli >ok lilt. 1fn0a of po.,itionl. No others 0. I;vvtn tho nniformn d F'roo Stater rt ilirists wer rag n I -0o,. N0arly ill thoe' tro St-atom ox r0ws Ihankcfulnos- for Iho present l r l, no M,t(, 1 T,l", t"o to Jtn. ohn ( WValhalla K{'ow('( C nurit+r.) Th OOCeltivo 01)1omm1rt t (te of the 1+nn1 c'ntP1nnial i-4 Conl-.ta1tly' inlrl oe of niceura 7 ingetryll,., iteii(it.lr from triOuw polint1-, p)rn1mising c'O-ope1ral > ) 11111 it wvor and finantl it hia i. 'hore is no d1Oubt n.,w Ii tu ihr :;em1i olntenniatl is anl It<;mrt.d :-uccess, 111h Ion n110111 t fu n1l.. ti n the -Ti1r from abroad nd tih1efIavorablo ntl1imont. at hlome0 as anl imn(1(x, will o amply utficieot for th roction f at largo andl( handomne temorial haft,. "I'1 tCO1 worT 1:1S'; r1'r11. i wt soil i-cttelnial tcl b1)r iti)n Or Iho unding to Walhalla, heaunarter f tho oxientivo cnoniinie, Walhal !, S. c., 1of. Walalii1li orko >f elbe h1ebr1 1.emi (cn0nh1111d ihis 1ar, am it is certain ll this f n e dIono in no m->)re wo'rthv ),.anner an1, by r0iiy Ot, ioi a llinlt1, of 1i a1 o granite, as a toe of (Strem, to ho meiory of the Iato (;,in. J11oh A. Vagenlor, foundler atl president of hi Gorman Colonization Socity. All tho citizen11 .tro heanrtily in fat or of the p)rojllct, anf wsh to on the work exinsummatedl with ionor to Ithmsolves, tahoir town ud to the mon >ry of G.m1. age o or. The executivo committee, which is charg of the preliminary work f tho celebration, tarnestl,y ask ho hoarty co operation of all vho, for any reason, havl) hallow. d andi plonlnt Immo10 eoilutor ng around this g ,ld od town to as ist inl overy way thoy can to make his occasion one worthy of W1atlhal a's history. Valhallat is 1rou i of kor sons h ha o ourdt frmer it heesng.h Thieytr hf vo acii-e vlitnor nd shulds in overy soiro,b tat wos foo tat thill, the oly too ;loadi to conributl of 1 thean toi historth objoie(1to pt t r \VoliS whil wordomof hom ofc to; akan t v ta rt don tiL cengine. iohnan to divrecvor their thappie ICtr ~ibuits tat for ?ontt hoairman olthe finc commit he Lor(1'erotary.' V.u8 h ~~i Kin Yourman.has ogm NEW DORMITORY FOR WINTHROP 0OLLEGE, TI1 HOAR 8411mi 11 t'I et101V4'U1$$ A I'l' Ittl'llt I A Tk mulMt t h t, 41rth1t t t1 foe th a 1j 91 N 114t64%t Oi Uhristum , [Iho Statoe, 4th.j 'lIo local mmothers of tih board of trustes of the WVinthrop cola logo roturned to tho city yesterday. At tho meooting of the board ttops wo' tt kon lo kiing to tlho comwmnco mnu.-it of I he work on t he now dormitory at thin o rlieOst possiblo mo mnt. The bo:tr i had Architects Milburn anud WVh.-lor" btoforo it. and discussed wvith tthemni wI-it. is d'sirod in the way of p0to wn:l ilptecificatioim. They ron ly es~b I tinmatedl that tho buildings l.-sil bI t t rustcos-thi now dor mio rv aill a mloleI rchool huildiug w.to1II cost $10,001), exceeding the tpIro1 t i .i it allowed by the goneral at,:crmlbly considerably. TI'he archi tetdS w er It,ll to cut ofT s01110 of the ''frills aul fuirhelows" and submit p1ltns and N,tcilicntio11s within the app IroI, itt ibo.. 1When tho hplains have b .-l um 'ii ith rod ar approved, the board will proceed to advortite for Ii-Is for tho erection of the bitbli'lgs, rt,tl awatrd Iho contract at tih t) arltio-it, possiblo iomen.t It is I to ortt nest desiro lo have the now buildings ready for tihe openivg of the r,-gulr seholastic year next fall. '1ho botard untanirmously docidt d to cl'so the col loge one week earlier than is annonnetl in the catta lo-:ni -on M. r h fi instoard of March 13. This annlounconont was made in the chapol tho morning after the hoard reached its decision by Gov. McSweeney, the chairman of the board. 1o told the girls that he and the minority of the board had oudoavored to got thom a holiday at Christmas; now the minority had captured the majority a nd the girls would go home one week earlier than ex loeted. The atnnouncoment is said to have bett received with vociferous apl lanso by t he large feminine audi MRl. 0UM'1'OINTIECNTS. Thu Ne w I n q-or coumnsmioner TakS Charge--on Change. (Th'le State, 2nd.) Yesterday State Lignor Commia. 01i1ner Crnm took charge of the State dlispensaOlry, reliovinig Commissioner D)out hit, who had remained at the re (jue(St of the Stato board of con trol. Mr'. Crum, upon taking charge, ainnouniced tihe following appoint. Clork-B. C. Weobb. Book keeper-G. HI. Charles and M. H1. Mobley. Const abulary Clerk -W. WV. lHar. Su peIrintendent--T. C. Dixon. Assistant Superintend.nt-Jacob Earhardt. Shippnig Clerk-John Black. All the aIbovo aro merely reappoint ments save that of Mr. Dixon as au perintenident. Mr. Dixon, who was 1nCo b)efore the sup)erintenldent, suc coeds Mr. Bryant of Pickens county, who has held tihe position for some time. Mr. Yohiell huus not yet been reappointed a bookkeeper, pending the settlement of the legal question as to his relationship to Mr. Wil liams, the newv chairman of the State board. Scottish Reticence. A story illustrating the reticence of the Scotts is crediited to Ian Mac. laren. A train was at a station, when a p)orter put h)is head into a ca1rriage and1( called out ; "'Any one for D)ound? Change for Dound! Any one for Dound?" No one movedl, andl in a fewv minutes the train) was speeding along, not to stop) again for nearly an hour. Then an 01(1 Scotswomnan turned to a lad(y sitting near her, and said : "'I'm for D)ound, but I'd no tell that mon so."