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f .. f v T-v \ \ wrt mm. PlfMLiLed Ererr Thursday ?AT? i TINQ8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? e. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Two letters' and two books written fey Edgar A. Poe have just been sold * fit auction in Boston for ?oG00, this cmount being about $3o07.G0 more than Poe ever bad in bis life at one % time. RIUL - MLJLB j An Iowa man Has Invented a machine that will fasten pearl buttons on cards. The buttons are affixed by yrire staples, which are made by the machine which does the carding. Buttons are now carded by girls, and it is said the machine will do the work of ten operatives. Investigation by the Iietail Grocers' ? ' Advocate reveals the existence in New tYork City of nearly 7(J00 push-cart peddlers, most of whom work on commission. One organization is said to Control 400 push carts, which handle $2200 worth of goods a day, or ?GS0,000 a year. There is a buying agent and a central storehouse, and several ; distributing point. It is said that the - - __ 'business returns ten per cent, uruiu. .LMU..... An epidemic cf benevolence fills tno tiir in these days, and the infection <.' good will and good deeds is spreading Wider and wider. Nothing can resist the progress of gracious influences and kindly feeling. It is a remarkable ' feature of American life in this generation. Were there ever so many generous givers? Were there ever such multitudes of noble men and women eager to use of their abundance liberal portions for worthy causes aud the to lief of the unfortunate? ? To send convicts who are sufferins from consumption to long terms of im prisonment in jails is practically tc shorten their lives and at the same itime to insure tWe spread of the disease among other prisoners. This is "V a punishment not contemplated in tuc statutes. In Texas it has been found practicable and advantageous to Isolate consumptive prisoners. They are , ' kept under proper sanitary and puni.live restraint upon a State farm, .where they are obliged to work in the open air to the extent of their ability*. ZThis project has proven not only humane but economical The convicts mere than support themselves by the sale of the crops produced as a result , of their labor. The London Chronicle observes: "The energy with which women of r' high birth who, finding themselves, ^ from land depreciation and other causes, in need of increased resources, r-! have thrown themselves into active work deserves high praise. The daughters of the Governor of the Isle of Man, Lord Ilenuiker, one of the heaviest suITerers by laud depreciation, give concerts in the season, and now one of Lord Inchiquin's daughters, 4 wishing to relieve her father of the cost of maintaining his very large fan:Br * . ily under a reduced rental, has opened a millinery establishment near the Marble Arch. In doing this she has the encouraging example of the late {Lady Granville Gordon." . ? Many educational reformers urge that school hours should be shortened, orguing that pupils get so mentally tired out that they caunot study to advantage in the latter part of the day. An article in the Psychological Review "combats this idea, on the strength of a series of actual tests. The multiplication table, lists of words to snell. etc.. .were given to pupils in the morning and again given to the same pupils toward the end of the day, and it was found that there was no diminution whatever in the ability to do mental work. Dr. Thorndike, the author, eontends that the lack cf interest commonly seen in schools late in the day is not ?Iuc to overwork of the pupils' minds, "but to the fact that the pupils- become bored by too much of the same thing. The remedy, he. adds, is "not to give :? ? the student less to do, but to make it |- worth while for him to work, to make HT .liij v."vrli iniercsiiUj;. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The South. Prof. E. 0. James, of Chase City, liaa been elected president of Greenville (?. C.) Female College. Richard Harr, for many years president of the oounty court of Taylor aounty, West Virginia, is dead, aged 94. It is understood that Assistant District Attorney Elliott Northcote, of Huntington, W. Va.. will be appointed judge of tha new Federal oourt for that State. At Cameron. W. Va., a email son of John W. Howard went to tho barn to thow a companion ame puppies. He lit a match and when it bad burned up dropped it in the hay. The barn was burned. Loss. $2,000. J. J. Turner, a native of Baltimore, wes elected fourth vice-president of the Pennsylvania and Panhandle companies. The V&nderbilt palace at Biltmore, N. C.. is being hurriedly prepared for its owner's occupancy. A. L. Hopkins, assistant superintendent ci the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, is authority for the statement that if the striking machinists do not return to work at once the immense plant will be closed. Nearly 7.COO men will, in that event, be thrown out of employment. The North. TV. S. Dimmick. of Omaha. Neb., ha* been elected geuoral manager of the Richmond Passenger and Po.ur Com. pany. Horace Pell, the young actor, diod in e?l otwI V? if rnm *. i n fiir t f- (i pistol-shot wound. The battleship Illinois left Newport News for the New England coast for her official trial trip. It is reported that the Conrmaugh ! Steel Company will be chartered at I Harrisburg to merge the Pennsylvania ! Cambria, Bethlehem and other large i plants. The University of Chicago is establishing affiliated preparatory schools in Europe. The headless body of an unknown woman was found in a field near Chelmsford Centre. .Mass., Tuesday. Horace P. Peil. the young actor and former society man who killed himself in Cleveland. O.. was buried Tuesday at New York. Students of the Wesleyan University. at Salina. Kan., have denounced the faculty for ousting Dr. Tulbs, an I all threaten to withdraw. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles will be one of the principal speakers at Brown University commencement dinner, at Providenc, R. I. Tom Jenkins won the wresiing I niatrh with Tom Sharkey, at Cleveland, O, throwing the sailor twice. Foreign. Francis B. Ijooipis, United States Minister to Venezuela, said in a London interview that he did not believe Germany meant to acquire the Island of Margarita. Venezuela, Dr. Berthold Laufer, of New York, is going to Pekin exacting to spend a year in the Euddhist monastery. Frank Rutledpe.convicted cf robb ry in Toronto, killed himself by jumping ; from a gallery in the jail. There are now 14S4 German naval officers on active service and 330 on leave of absence. Hamburg has appropriated $.1.000,. 000 for harbor enlargement. Honolulu, Special.?The battleshio Oregon arrived here May 3), bound from the Orient to San Francisco. As he was dropping her anchor off poit I the chain broke, seriously injur.ng 1 I Chief Boatswain J E. Murphy, one < f i the men who assisted Hobson sink ths j Merrimar at Santiago. One leg w.:s ; broken and Murphy was thrown ; against seme machinery, receiving a dangerous gash in the head. The Pope had a long conference wi h Cardinal Gibbons. Hi; Holiness at j present is in exceptionally good health, j is enjoying -Ills daily drive aud wa.k. I the heavy cares of State Meming t> j bear lightly en his old age. Lord Kitchener reports to the Wa1 i Office from Pretoria. June II. as f I lows* "Commandant Van Re ishburg t and his commando have surrendered at Petersburg. Cnehundrtd men have tome in and others are following." Mr. Kruger has issued a statemen to the effect that he knows nothing cf the peace negotiations sa!d to be proceeding with the Boer leacKrs. He sajs that if there are any negotiations on foot, it is not through any action of his. ."liscelianeous. Count von Waldersf has reached Yokohama. on liis way from China to Germany. At Newberry. W. Va., Mrs. Mary Lynch was accidentally shot anJ killed by Miss Lula Lynch, her sister-inlaw. The American Medical Association voted unanimously to indorse th* j movement to re-establish the army canj teen. Samuel Hissom, a majl clerk, living at Kid well, W. Va., passed 'hrouch I Wheeling for New York with his three children, all of whom were bitten by a pet dog that had rabies. He will place them in the Pasteur. The twenty-five-mile motor-paced bl- ' cycle rac o at Charles River Park, Boston. between Johnny Nelson and Tom Linton, was wen by Nelson by a little over two and a half laps, in 40:Oi GOOD FOR THE SOUTH I The Great Industrial Convention in Philadelphia. i i MANY EXCELLENT SPEECHES MADE ! The Many Advantages of the South Forcibly Set Forth By the Several [ Speakers. Philadelphia, Special.?Two impor* - - t-J inn tlf tant topics OOCUpieu uic auvawuu the delegates to the Southern Industrial Convention at the opening session. ' The Relations of the Southern | Stated to the Productive Wealth of the < Nation" was discussed by the Govern* ; ors of the various State3 or their representatives. The speakers set forth the resources of their States for the investment of capital and the inducements offered to settlers. Specially appointed delegates presented. "The Industrial and Commercial Advantages ofthtics of the South." The attendance was large, many delegates having arrived late Tuesday af ternoon and night. The opening prayer was offered by Archbishop Ryaa of this city. President Hargrove opined the discussion on the first named subject He said Philadelphia has heretofore hesitated to take advantage of the opportunit es offered by the South. "Send ycur agents of cotumert o ! among us," said Mr. Hargrove. "Philadelphia has money. Send it dowiand veld a link between this eitv and the South which cannot be broken. Ciganize trusts to build manufacturing plants in the Southwest. Wo read the New York, Chicago and Boston papers hut the Philadelphia papers are scare ly known. If there is an educator greater than any ? her it is ihe pres?. Put newspaper men in the South and let them tell the people of the Norta of the great advantages offerd by the Southern States. We will love you if you will let us." H. W. Sexton, of Anniston, Ala., said' the State he represented was better able to support itself than any ether Southern State. Alabama s industries, he said, were rapidly developing. Thousands of dollars are being expended iu re-opening the gold mines and the production of coal is increasing each year. The earth Is rich in minerals and the undeveloped water powers of the State are sufficient to turn all the mills in X*?.n* T7*n crl q ri fl " Judge B. Ju Brown, of Little Rod:. | said the resources of that State are J equal to those of any Sfate in the I'n- j ion. The zinc fields, comprising over j one hundred square miles, he said, hod J never been properly developed owing to ' lack of railroad facilities. "Our him-' ber and timber interests and unex- eil-! ed," continued the speaker, "We are third of fourth in the producti^nof <o.ton. We have net the funds to ere-: cotton factories. We have what you want. Come with your money and d-l velop it." John P. Coffin, representing the Governor cf Florida, said there are sti'i thousands of acres of government propety in the State ready for claimants under the homestead act. He spoxe 01 the great advantages of rhe undeveloped portions of the State and extended an invitation to the North to .-iei.d men and capital to build up the S at? of Florida. Col. W. A. II imphil!, of At'anta. representing the Governor cf Georgia, asserted that with Georgia's variety of soil, climate and products, the posslhllitiis of the State were almost beyond belief. He briefly sketched the history of the State and detailed the developments of recent years, c-pecial- ( !y in the iron, gold and marble Indu>tries. "If I had to write one word over the South." he said, "that word would be undeveloped.' We want you to rome down and see for yourself, and if yc-:t are so inclined to invest your money. If you don't care to qo eo we Will try <0 went OUl our smauv.i alone." Congressmen Adolph Moyer, of Louisiana, and C. E. Hooker, of Mis sissippi, spoke for the Governors o'" their States: G nenl J. S. Cnrr represented North Ci. 'lina; Alexander Helper; of Pal Li more, spoke for Maryland: Col. Jerome Hill, of Memphis, and Col. Harry Weissinger, of Louisville, maJe brief addresses. Mayor Riggins. of Waco, Tex., yielded his time to Prof. H. P. A:water, of Abilene. Tex., who exhibited samples cf the natural products of the Siate and explained the valur of rat h and the trreat benefits to investors who Till develop those raw materials. Death of Governor Samford. Montgomery. Ala.. Special.?Wm. J Sarnfcrd, governor of Alabama, die:, at Tuscaloosa. Ala., where he ha* 1 eon ill for some time. Disease of the heart was the real cause of death. Governor San:fori has been in Tuscaloosa several weeks, having gone there to attend a meeting of the trustees of the State university. He bad been ill since Lahore his inauguration as gjvernor. but it was believed that immediate danger of deudi was pa-t. While in Tuscaloosa, however, his illr.es> ret rred with renewed violence and he ] become so dangerou.-ly sick that the , r1:;.- rs t'rnre 1 to remove him to 1 l.cntrp jury. < *w-.^ ? ANDERSON INDICTMENTS. Grand Jury Finds True Bills Against Several Persons. Anderson, Special.?The grand jury returned true bills against J. S. Fowler in four cases for conspiracy, false imprisonment and assault and battery cf i high and aggravated nature. True bills were returned against W. Q. Hammond in four cases on same ;harge?; also against Willis McGee, George Thomas, James Cook, Mike Bobbins, James Martin and W. M. Bailey, one case. The grand jury has not completed its work. Pat Hlndmam, white, was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, and was 6eni /% * ? ? In *Ka nAnitontianr LC11UCU IAJ ?? C*ai B IU IUV |;vuatubiui; or a fine of $150. He paid the fine. Henry Washington was convicted of manslaughter. Counsel for defense made a motion for new trial. Grand jury has found true bills in all cases brought before them. The docket is heavy and hardly half the cases can be reached at this court. Wofford Graduates. Spartanburg. Special.?The commencement exercises of Wofford College were largely attended and highly interesting. The following are the graduates with the subjects of their orations: F. K. Lake, Florence County?The Class Poem. M. Auld, Greenwood County?Railroads. M. S. Asbelle, Edgefield County? The Evils of Trusts. G. C. Bates, Saluda County?The Future of the Southern Youth. V. W. Brabham, Bamberg County? A Noble Reign. H. M. Brown. Spartanburg CountyShall the Negro be Educated. J. B: Crews, Spartanburg County? The Old Order Changes. A. E. I)rigger8, Florence County? The Unveiling of the Timrod Monument. ?? nj! 17* A Pnunfv M. Kj. U-.U1SUII, JCjllgC-UClX! vvuuw; Tolstoi J. S. Fair, Orangeburg County?Expansion. F. A. Fairly. Orangeburg County? Self-Sacrifice in Political Life. J. B. Gibson. Richmond County. North Carolina?Arbitration. D. L. Guy. Coffee County, AlabamaSome Astronomical Reflections. R. K. Hayes. Marion County?The ! Politkal Need of the South. D. D. Jones, Colleton County?The Uses of Adversity. W. C. Go?er. Sumter County?The Unl ridged Gu f. C. B. Lancaster. Spartanburg County?Why I Came to College. A. A. Manning. Spartanburg County ?Is the East Awakening? C E. Peele, Richmond County. North Carolina?Alexander Hamilton. E. M. S.illey, Orangeburg CountyJohn Marshall. Statesman. J. R. Williams. Marion County?The Value of An I lea. V. C'. Wilson. Arflerscn County? The Twofold Emancipation. T. H. Daniel. Greenville uouniy? ' The Battle cf the Strong" (Class Prophet.) The following were excused from speaking: Miss Puella M. Littlejohn. Cherokee county; K. W. Littlejohn Cherokee county; Miss May D. Wannomaker. Orangeburg county; C. W Watson, Saiutia county. Due West Commencement. Due West. Special.?The exercises of the sixty-second commencement of Erskine college were opened at H o'clock Tuesday morning with pra>e: by the Rev. C. B. Betts of Richburg. Chester county. The morning wadevoted to orations by the members nf the senior class and to the delivery of diplomas. In the afternoon the an niversary oration was delivered by the Rev. J. W. Stagg. D. D.. pastor of ?.h. Second Presbyterian church of Char 'lotto. N. C. The ygung men who maie speeches and the subects of thei: orations were as follows: R. E. Orier "Attics;" J. B. Knight, "The Perils ol \Veilth;" E. X. Orr, "The Reign oi Law;" R. B. Pharr. "The Power oi Personality;" D. P. Pressly. "A Man's a Man:" R. E. Ranson. "Political In dependanee;" W. P. Robinscn. "The Privilege of the Strong;" J. It. Young "A Mirror of Life." Miss L. \V. Trio ble. the only young lady graduate read an essay on "The Value of Dm content." Strike Situation Critical. Newport News, Ya.. Special.?Th< situation in Newport News has '.etched a critical stage. In addition to th-: striking machinists, abont 500 in number, 2GU skilled m.-n from the clectr! cal. plumbing and pipe-fitting departments were laid off Wednesday. rr" i crt n,nro fhipflv laborers liiinauaj ? were laid off. In each caec action was due to the interference in the progre s of the work of the departments by the strikers. It is stated that men in other departments will be laid off as rapidly as they finish their work ahead of the machinists and can do no mor,' without aid of the machine shop*. At the present rate the yard will c'o:te down in a week or ten days, unles; there is a change. Commencement at Furman. Greenville. Special.?The commencement season is in full blast, and there is an unusually large number of visi tors from every portion of the State The exercises havo drawn out large audiences and the people seem <ie lighted with the work of the students The annual address before the literary societies of Furman university was delivered In the Jttdson Memorial hall by Rev. Lewis M. Rop r of Spartanburg >v '*% _ FERRY BOAT SUNK. I Over One Hundred People Thought to Have Been Lrowned. . A DISASTER IN NEW YORK HARBOR , A Staten Island Ferry Boat Rammed By the Central Railroad's FerryBoat. Nev,- York.Special?The wooden side Wheeler Northfleld, -which ha3 been in , the service of the Staten Island Ferry Company for the past 38 years, was ^ rammed Friday night by the steelhulled propellr Maueh Chunk, usd as & ferry boat by the Central Railroad o* New Jersey. The collision occurred just off the Staten Island ferry slip at the foot of Whitehall street, and in less than 10 minutes after, the Northfield, which, was crowded with passengers, sank at the outer end of the Spanish Line pier in the East river. The Mauch Chunk, which wa3 badly damaged, landed the two dozen passengers which were aboard her. Over 100 passengers of the sunken N?rtk- ' field were dragged out of the water by people along the shore and the crews oi tne neet oi river tugs, wiuch prompUy responded to the ferryboats' call for help. A few of the Northfield's passengers were hurt in the accident and the police believe that some lives were lost. Capt. Daniel Gully, of the tug boat Mutual, who saw the ferry boats crash together. says that immediately after the collision between 25 and 30 pas. sengers leaped into the water and that many of those perished. Captain Gully also declares that he is sure over ICO of the NorthGeld's passengers were drowned. The captains of other tug boats who were early on tha scene, however, are inclined to think that the disaster was not so serious as regards * ' . loss of life. Thti3 far no dead bodies have Leon recovered. The reason for such a difference cf opinion as to the extent of the disaster is that the wilder! excitement prevailed cn the XorthOehl. The tug Mutual saved in all about 73 passengers from the Northfield, and the tugs Unity and Arrow saved between them 150 passengers. Two policemen of the Old Slip station claim to have rescued nearly 30 peopie between them. Ad soon as the crowd which hid fcl'.owe! the sinking ferry boat along the river front were able to render any aid, they worked with a will and in many instances men sprang into the watrr to save life. The greatest service was rendered by the tug boa's, wh'ch assoon as it was possible, circled around the Northfield and made a bridge to the Spanish Line pier an.! men and women clambered over the tugs to the % shore. The swift running flood tide and the question of which boat had the right of way was the cause of the disaster, Capia'u Abram Johnson was in charge of the Northfield and Capta:n S. C. Griffin was in command of the Mauch Chunk. Each lays the blame for the colli?'on cn the other. Five flanged on One Scaffold. Syl"a;:ia. Ga . Special.?Five bouoes dangling upon the same gallows, five souls launched into eturnitv. at the snme moment, marked the triumph of the majesty of the law. and the end of what is believed to have been an organized gang of murderers here Friday. The victims of the legal tragedy were Arnold Augustus. Andrew Davis. Richard Sanders, William Hudson and Sam Baldwin, all negroes. The victims of their crime were Constable Mcars and Fillmore Herrington whom they ambushed and shot to death, and Capt. Wade, whom they seriously wounded in the shooting that killed the two first mentioned, nearly a year ago. On at least two occasions efforts were made to lynch the murderers, lut by the prompt action of the law tbev were fiiusTatcil. On one of those occasions the Governor found it necessary to order out tbiee companies of tne State militia. No flore Bulletins. Washinton. Special.?Mrs. McKinley's physicians held their usual consultation and decided to discontinue * the issuance of bulletins. It is said that her condition continues to improve slowly and the doctors consider it useless to give out a bulletin each day under the favorable progress she is making. Should her condition growr worse the bulletins will be resumed. Newsv Notes. ^ The ClcvcIanff.'O.. Leader says that the United States Steel'Corporation and its allied interests are preparing to control its four big competitors and thereby lay the foundation for a monoply of the steel industries in the United States. A Havana dispatch says that tenors Bravo, Silva. Aleman. Betancourt and <?. Zavas. * hare been annointed bv the ~ constitutional convention a commission to draw up the electoral law. It is probable that the Australian system will be adopted. The commission are studying the New Vork law as a basis. The waters of the Youghiogheny river were turned into the mine at Port Royal. Po.. v.'hr-r.i Lj m:ner3 aro be? lieved to bw dead. a