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INSURANCE MIDDLE, j i Legislative Oversight Endangers Val" uable Property, Things look very gloomy under the State insurance act for the insurance of the State Hospital for the Insane, j As the thing nor,- stands, owing to an oversight or the neglect of the legis- ! * " * 31 ~ + V rk**rtii tr>i. ! la-cure 10 iishuic mc inaiici niu. vuj).. ly practically all of the valuable pro- j petty of this institution, worth about $270,000, is and has been without insurance of any kind 'since March 1. This seen:? to be another blunder of the legislature in pa-sing a specific ^an-t requiring the hospital to take ; . Sfcnl? insurance and yot net making * any provision in the appropriation oil! j for the payment of the premium. The comptroller general says that had he I had any authority in the matter he would have issued his warrant some time ago and the whole matter would have besn adjusted by this time. It now looks as if the only remedy is .or 'the resents of the hospital to ( meet and barrow the money from I some ban]; on no:es and get the legislature to remedy its oversight when K reassembles in January next. The following is the letter from the S4*.vt? treasurer to the comptroller in ppgard to the matter: lion. J. P. Detham, comptroller general. city. Dear Sir: I hand you herewith ap- ; plication for insurance to amount 1 S272.7S0 of insurance upon sundry asy- j lum buildings, under provision of an act entitled "an act to provide for State insurance of public buildings," j as amended February 21st, 1901. Section 4 of said act requires mc to pay to the commissioners of the sinking fund one half off the amount annually paid in premiums for insurance on public buildings, which payment in this case amounts to $1.419.-;3. Under i section .r5S of the general statutes. ! the State treasurer is required to pay J out all moneys only on warhant of the 1 comptroller, except in cases of "in- 1 terrst on public debt and the pay of 1va?? or*/I omnlr>vcvj rvf *hp IlK'lIl i.'Ci O, Vli ivno ui.M W4.fw.rv~ w. - ^ . general assembly." I therefore, ask j that you issue to me your warrant for Che payment by me of said amount ( over to the sinking fund coma ission. j so that I may comply with the requirement of section 4 of said net. R. H. Jennings. State Treasurer. The comptroller's reply to this was as follows: Columbia, S. C., March 11. 1901. Hon. R. H. Jennings, State Treasurer, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of this date containing the application of Dr. J. \V. Dabcock, superintendent of the State hocrira1 for the insane, for one year's insurance, with the request that I d~iw a warrant in your favor for :ialF 'he ;:aio< nt of the usual premium, { fwnounting tc $1,419 62 There Is no I provision in rhe appropriation act for j this insurance on this property, and j in the permanent act providing for i this insurance, to which you refer. ! there, is no authority conferred'on the j ' err ptrolier general to draw his v;arjr.nt. There bring no appropriation and no wan an; of law for nic to do otherwise. I must decline to issue the warrant and hereby return your application. Yours very truly. J. P. Dftrham. Comptroller General. The only prevision made in the a,np variation act for insurance on this prrp'u'iy is 1^7 for the insurance of the farm. Another Railroad. The secretary of state has Issued a commission to the Charleston. Suburban and Summerville Railway company, a new concern which proposes to construct and operate a line between the city of Charlerton and Summerville. It is proposed to operate an electric line which will be 28 miles in length and of standard guage. The 1 o-f the rtiih-Af ic to bA V*3>l/I UU wv?v, I\ % a * $600,000. with the privilege of increasing to $1,000,000. The corporators are J. J. O'Oonnell, B. P. Evans,. J. W. Simons and Jonathan Lucus, all cf Charleston. That such a line will be a paying one goes without saying. Will Co-Operate. Gov. McSweenoy has received a very oourbeous letter from the governor 01 Colorado saying that that official h willing to cooperate in every way possible to make the Charleston exposition a sucress. The Colorado governor says that the legislature of his State has adjourned, and it is too late to provide for an approp:iation, but he i thinks that individual subscriptions will be enough to provide an exhibit New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the macKSDurg uuwunseed Oil mill of Blacksburg. The corporators are J. F. "WMeonant, A. H. Pollock, D. R. Bird. N. W. Hardin and J. C. Ross of Blaeksburg. Tha oapital stock is to be $15,000, and the object of the company is indicated in the name. A charter was granted the Paimet-o Manufacturing company of Charleston which proposes to manufacture clothing, shirts, underwear, etc., on a capital stock of $30,000. The officers are I 3. Behrmann, president, and S. Rlt? ?en berg; secretary and treasurer. ' * * 4 BURIAL OF THE EX-PRtiIDEM. I FiiPy 13,000 People Attended Gen. Harrison's Funeral. Indianapolis, Special. ? Sui rounded by fuilv 15,000 of his fo'.lov.- citizens, the remains of Benjamin Harrison Sunday afternoon 'were interred in 1I10 family lot in Crown Hill Cemetery. Close by the grave were the members of bis family, President McKinley and otiier visitors of distinction and tno more intimate friends of General Harrison. Back a distance cf fifty yards, behind ropes guarded zealously by n large force o." police, stood with uncovered heads the great multitude w.io knew him not so well as did they who stood beside the freshly upfurnel earth, but who honored him and admired him quite as much. It is doubtful if any public man. at least in this generation, has been borre to his last resting place amcng eo many manifestations of respect. Of possionate grief there was little, outside the members of his family, but the tribute of respect was universal. It came from all alike, from those of his own political faith and from those wha differed with him concerning what is best for the nation's good, from men who have been his lifelong friends and from those who knew him merely by sight and to whom he had never spoken. It came from women and children, from white and black, from all conditions and kinds of people. There was no exception anywhere to the expression that the nation had lost one of its ablest men and the greatest man of hie cpneration in his own State. Sampson's Bounty Money. Washington. D. C., Special.?Warrants will be issued by the Treasury Department in a few days in payment of the bounty claims of Rear Admiral Sampson and the officers and men of hi3 war fleet on account of the destruction of Spanish vessels in Cuba. As ecmti:a::der-in-ehief o; the North Atlantic station during the Spanish war. Admiral Sampson will get $S.33o for the destruction of Cervera's ships, about $3,400 on account of two engagements at Manzanillo. and about SSOO for sinking of \esseis in Xipe Bay, making bis share of bounty money something more than $12,030. There is in the Treasury a half million dollars available :'or bounty claims which are paid on the basis of $100 for each member of the crew of a Spanish vessel destroyed. These claims are separate from tb"we for prize money on account of the capture of Spanish ships, which are being adjudicated in j several courts. Both Admiral Dewey j and Rear Admiral Sampson, as well as the offirers and men who served i under them, will share in the prize i awards. Gen. Trias Ljys Gown His Arms. Washington. D. C., Special.?The ' war department has received the fol- | lowing cablegram from Gen. MacAr- j thur at Manila announcing the sur- j render of Lieut. Gen. Trias: I Adjutant Genera!, Washington. Marians Trias, only lieutenant genial in insurgent array, surrendered March 13. San Francisco de Malabon, with nine officers. 199 well anned men. Trias immediately took o\th of alegianee in the presence of several thousand nalives. Most auspicious evont; indicates final stage armed insurrection. Prestige Trias, touthern Luzon, equal to Aguinlldo. Gen. | Pates and Col. Frank D. Baldwin entitled to great credit for persistent work in bringing this about. McArthur. Germany's Population. Washington. IX C.. Special.?The census office has recently receive! through the courtesy of the State Lena rtment of consular report on the pt>pulatlon of the German empire and ttc ohanm during the past century. The population is now about 56.000.- I 000?larger than that of any other country In Europe except Russia, which has in Europe alone over 100,000,000. or nearly twice as many as Germany. Telegraphic Briefs. During the year 1901 It is expected that France will complete tour destroyers. ten sea-going boats, eighteen first-class torpedo boats, six submarine and two submersible vessels. The programme of distribution for the topedo boats contemplates the utilization of 238 of them, among which are to be included the boats existing and in course of costruction Senor de Quesada srys the c~mmlttee on foreign rrkt'ors lias agree I unanimously that the Piatt amendment in its present form cculd net bo accepted, and that a report to this effect would be submitted to the constitutiorfhl convention. In the Utah Sena e t'~e Goverror s veto of the Evans hill was called :p and on motion as to w UtrilJCA o?.? . should pass notwithstanding the vote the vote was 9 to 9. Twelve votes were required to pass th? bill over the Governor's ve'o A Liverpool diepo-.ch says that t e brokers and refiners are importing thousands o(f tons of beet sugar from the eontinent in anticipation of the expected duty. < - trr/ { More than a million people are treated in the hospitals of London each year. Gen. Harrison's Property. Indianapolis. Ind., Special.?General Harrison.'.-: wealth is variously estimated, put lie opinion rating it as hish as half a million dollars. Tho-e who are hest informed about the ex-Pre?id'?it!t.'s affairs, however, say he was worth about $250,000 or $200,000. At (the time he was elected President he Was reputed to have accumulated a fortune of $125,000 from his law practice and this has been doubled ai least since that time. A Proclamation. Indianapolis. Special. ? Governor Durbin has issued a proclamation announcing the death of General Harrison, paying high tribure to his memory and directing that "all public business be suspended on the dr.v the mortal remains cf Gere.al Harrison are lyiing in state: that the flags of all buildings he placed at hal:'-ma.-:t during the customary period of rvounin and that such other hcr.crs l>e t...id the distinguished dead as befits the occasion." Dewey Going to Florida. Washington. D. C? Special?Admiral Dewey, whosr attack of the grippe in January and February left him somewhat debilitated, will go south soon on the advice of his phsiclan. It is understood among the admiral's friends that he will go to Florida. The admiral takes a constitutional walk nearly every day, and. despite his recent severe attack, has not lost that springy step and alert manner which marks him as a man of energy. Boer Leaders Conferring. London, by Cable.?A Special dispatch from Stnnderton says the. Boers are massing at the stations on the rioiafna line, and the leader? are con ferring daily at each station and also at Pietersburg. Nothing has transpired except that the fate of the Boers who have sr.rrer 'ered is one of the subjects of di.wjsion. The leaders are in cX>mjnunic~ ior with the Boer ocmraittee at Am-terdam. It is said that the manufacture of ammunition 13 proceeding vigo ously. A Fatal Motel F?c. Washington. I>. 0.. Special.?At 3:15 o'clock Friday morning electric light w.res started a. lire in the Merchants' Hotel, 43.) Pennsylvania avenue which sprta:i rapidly, causing panic among the gucs^. i''\ oral of whom jumped from the windows. One person was killed, and four severly injured. The one \ic\im vas L. F. Henry, 48 years oidt who was su.'totaiod. Urged to Curtail Production. Fall River. Mass.. Special.?Manufacturers are being urged to come into the agreement to ourtaii the production suggested by the re.ling coaim ttee of this city to relieve the cotton cloth market. The committee will bring about a curtailment for GO d .y3' duration in each factory srme time between the 1st of April and the 1st of August. The committee says that they cam control about 1.350,00 svindles and require about 600,000 more to make the plan bindng. . Riot Follows a Strike. Barcelona, by Cable.?A riot is repo. tel to have taken place at Man-lieu, r town in Catalonia, 40 miles northcast of Barcelona, in consequence o!f a strike. The strikers attacked eome factories ard burned two od them. The gendarmerie intervened and in the resulting conflic; two persons were kdlird and.a number of others wounded, Including the mayor. The telegraph lines between here and Man lieu have been cut. The First National Bank <rf Niles, Mich., cloeed its doors Tuesday. ' .. ?. i liui MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULM.W AND Building Haterial. Dealers in Sash Weights, Cord, Hardware, Window glaei, etc. We guarautee our worfr superior to any sold in this cfty, all being of our own manufacture. E.H.HA6KER, Proprietor CHARLESTON, - 3. 0. ' Skin Diseases, Far the speedy and permanent cure o2 tetter, salt rheurc and eczema, Chamaorlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is vithont an equal. It relieves the itchng and smarting almost instantly and ! continued use effects a permanent I "lire. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and r-rannlsited lids ?r. fadr's Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic, blood purifier j andvermifuge Price. ?scents. Soldh.v I Atlantic Coast Line. Condensed Schedule. TRAINS GOING NORTH. I Dated Jan. 13tl?, 1901. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. 35 No. 23 No. 53 No.51 I* * ? ? A M r 51 A M I Lv. Florence 2 50 7 55 "J 40 i Lv. Kingstree 8 54 10 50 | Ar. Lunes 3 56 nil P. M 1116 i Lv. Luntw 3SC ?J11 6 47 11 16 I Ar. Charleston 5 i3 10 35 8 30 1 00 A. 51 P.M. P.M. P.M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 7S No.32 No.52 No.50 . ... AM P M AM P M Lv Charleston 6 45 5 22 6 25 4 15 Ar Lanes 8 17 6 00 8 00 6 00 Lv Lanes 8 17 6 00 .... 6 00 'Klngstree 8 33 Ar Florence 9 30 7 30 7 30 A M PM AM PM Daily. 7Dally except sunuay. No. 52 runs through lo Columbia via Central K. It. of S. C. Train* Nus. 78 and 32 run viu Wilson and Tayetteville?Short Line?and make close | connection for all points North. Trains on C. A D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington 10 15 a. in., Hartsvillo 915 a. m., Cheraw 11 80 a. m., Wadesboro 12 35 p. m. I Leave F oreuee daily except Sunday 8 00 p. m., arrive Darlington 8 25 p. m.t B'-nnettsville 9 22 p. m., (Jibson 10 20 p. m. Leave j Florence Sunday only 9 50 u. m-, arrive Darlington 10 15 a. in. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 5 50 a. m., Bennett-ville 7 00 a. tn., arrive Darlington 7 51 a. in., leave Darlington 7 55 a. m., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sundav 4 10 p. m , Cheraw 6 15 p. m., Hartsville 7 00 a m... Darlington 6 29 p. m., arrive Florence 7 03 p. m. Leave Darlington Sunday ? nlv 8 50 a. m., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. H. M. EMMERSON. Gen Pa-s. Agent. J. It. KENLY. Gen'i Mnnager. T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. i Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Registration Will be opened on the first Monday in every month for the parpose of the registering of liny person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the SIh'c for two years, and of the county one year and of the polling nrAnint in which the elector offers tO ! ?oto four months before thedaj oieleotion, and shall have paid,six months beiore any poll tax thou due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of tho Constitution of 1895 fnbmitteii to him by the supervisors, of registration, or can show that he owns, and has paid all toxes collectable during the present year on property in i this Suto assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. J. EADDY, j CJeik of Board. i-JUiliiM* Our fee returned if we fail. Any o any Invention will promptly receive 01 ability of same. 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Handkerchiefs fer2 l-2a Handkerchiefs for 8c. 83-ineh Madras for 7 l-2c; worth 10c. 36-in h Madras for 6 l-2cj worth 8a LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOB LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much less than it cost to make them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c ?lqua Skirts for 25a 98c Crash Skirts for 81o. All Summer Goods are being sold at ro* duoed prices. SEW GOODS. One case Lonccloth 5o; no stareh. Fine Black Henrietta at 60c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE, T1AT.T. "FRTNfmV Black Duck at 8 and 10c. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. 10-piece Walnut Salts 875 to 8100. 10-piece Solid Oftk Suits $18, $23, $25, $ML 35, $40, $50, *56. Oak Hall Backs, French Plate Glass, 17, 8.50, $9.50. Wardrobes $8 to $25. Bed Lounges $9 to $15. t Bedsteads 12.25 to 810. Iron Beds, Iron Cribs. Parlor Salts $38 to 850. Baby Carriages 16.60, $7, 87.60: Floor Oilcloth 80o. Matting 10; 13, 14.15,18. 20, 28, 28, 27 and 80c. 18-piece Chamber Sets 82.19 to 80. 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