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TINQ8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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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
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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'
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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
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distributing point. It is said that the
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'business returns ten per cent, uruiu.
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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?
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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
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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
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high birth who, finding themselves,
^ from land depreciation and other
causes, in need of increased resources,
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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."
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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
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The Great Industrial Convention in
Philadelphia. i
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MANY EXCELLENT SPEECHES MADE !
The Many Advantages of the South
Forcibly Set Forth By the Several [
Speakers.
Philadelphia, Special.?Two impor*
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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. <
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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.
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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
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FERRY BOAT SUNK. I
Over One Hundred People Thought to
Have Been Lrowned.
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A DISASTER IN NEW YORK HARBOR
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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.
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