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:f Mynhe' r j BY ST. QE0RQ1 Copveic.htISC, Ron CHAPTER V. "IT Tor MCST FIGHT, TAKF. A MAN* OF | YOUR SIZE!" The fair Molly iv taken aback by , this intelligence?her fabe shows it; but she is not the one to remain long in such a conditiou of mind, and her clear laugh serves to brush away the | mist th.y seems to be gathering over the little company. "This is indeed a pleasure?a peculiar coincidence ? you saved me. and one in our employ rescues you from1 the water." she says. J "Kismet! It is fate," groans Sandy, tout they pretend not .to understand him. though his meaning is as plain 1 as daylight. * "You will forgive mo for speaking of you as the poor German castaway ?the peculiar Dame led me astray?" alio goes on, just as If she and Joe were alone in the bijou parlor. "It is natural?I am used to it. Behold the effect of having a nickname saddled on to one in boyhood. It has followed me everywhere. A waggish ecfrmpanfon corrupted the name of Miner" into 'Mynheer' and tacked Joe" to it. Long ago 1 gave up in despair the attempt to live the name down. 'Mynheer Joe' it will be to the end of the chapter." There is an oodity al>out it that strikes her as singularly pleasant. All her gentleman friends are "Mr." or "Colonel" or the "Hon." This or That. Mynheer Joe stands out alone. It has an individuality that marks it above all others. "And you are the messenger from i Khartoom. You come with news of General Gordon?" she continues. . "Yes," he replies simply. ^ "When.did you last see him?" "On the 20th day of January." "As long ago as that? But I forget what a tremendous distance Khartrom is away. How glad the whole civilized world will be to hear from j liim!" Mynheer Joe bites his lips, but ! *ays nothing yet. "The i>eople love I him so! I have always hoped to meet lilm. of all men. if ever I visited Egypt- and just to think he has talked | with you, eaten with you, even fought i at your side!" "And died as close to me as you are standing at this moment. Miss Tan- ! tier." "Dead! Gordon dead?" she whis* pers, aghast. "It is even so." he replies sadly. "Can it be possible? Oh. how terrible it is to believe that grand man is no more! What a shock it will cause wherever the telegraph can carry It!" she murmurs. "That reminds me," exclaims Sandy, with a hasty glance at his watch, "that I have business before me. You will excuse my baste." And, with a / parting salute, he vanishes. Mr. Grimes Is the only one who notices his departure, for the others are too interested in what is passing. "And yon saw him fall? You won't mind telling me the sad story?" Miss Tauner pleads. "If you will be seated, I will relate it just as I have to Sandy. In the morning all the world will know the facts. Surely, there have been rumors I -concerning this thing?" "Yea. but people refused to believe them. They came from untrustworthy sources, and were hardly in before contradictions came after. We have Jill been waiting for positive truth. It conies at last with you. Now tell me, .yon who were with Gordon, how he fell."' Mr. Grimes finds himself a nonentity. and, with a smile, betakes himself from the bijou parlor back of the portiere. True, he has no cablegram to send just yet, but he fancies he may make use of the wires later ou in connection with private business. At present he can amuse himself watching the bright scene in and before / Shepherd's, and speculating upon the " *?lAlfirtUn/?Aa nf f Art n *1 n tlmt siruu^r viuiociiiuuco vi iviumv VMWV one day have a man in rags and the next elevate him to a princely income. Mr. Grimes is nothing if not a philosopher. The two left in the cozy little parlor <lo not miss the silver king at all, so wrapped up Is Mynheer Joe in his companion, and so deeply interested does Molly become in his narrative. He tells it modestly, for this man can never boast of his own exploits. At the same time he is by force of circumstances compelled to give facts, and Molly is at liberty to draw her own conclusions. As she already has a high opinion of Mynheer Joe, she is apt to make a liberal judge. How her eyes kindle as she sits there, spellbound, listeniug to the story of Gordon's death! It is a tale to thrill the pulses of all who admire a brave, generous heart, devoted to the good of his fellowmen. Molly baldly SCemS ta hrpathp ob cIiq rtHnka in nis words. This man. in her eyes, is also a hero ten times over. Even had it not*been his arm that plucked |Bftfcher out of the cruel Mediterranean at Malta, still would she accord him this fH^^xalted position. For has he not been Gordon, and does not the re-, ^HS^Ld light of the great chieftain fall ^H^^^^Ahim? The man whose sword ^^ the death of Chinese Gordon! be aught else but a hero in II 1 some time to tell all, for HBHm j 1 I -X I y?? * rTBttrnvtrr ? it i ftrgrscayN er Toe. ! m?y*>v , sz l : JRATHBORNE. # < f KSI BoNSKJi'S SON#. j T> .O Mynheer .loo rather enjoys nils Tete-atete with the girl who has heroine (he hollo of Kuropean Cairo. Kven when he rapidly sketches his late trip upon the Nile, and brinjrs the story to a conclusion she has many questions to nsk that are right to the point, and which, upon being answered, bring ! the situation out In a clearer light. I Then Mr. Grimes ? considerate Mr. Grimes?who believes he has left them ! alone long enough, makes his appeari anee. There docs not seem to be any ! particular necessity lor his coming, I !>ut he evinces a:i interest in the ex| plorer that no person has ever seen him show r"~ nuv one else. Sandy finds then still together when he returns after sending his wonderful dispatch?the great dispatch that will be the sensation of the day in Iamdon and America. Flushed with success he appears before rLem and mechanically glances at his watch?a villainous habit he has upon every occasion. The action catches Molly's eye, and with a little feminine scream she snatches out her own timepiece. I studded witu uiamonus, anu iooks ai i I the tell-tale face in consternation. "Eleven o'clock! An Lour au<l a half away from the ballroom! What will Lord Quinsy and the baron think? And I had engaged a dance each with them! They will never forgive me!" "I am sorry to he the cause of your trouble," begins the explorer, humbly. "Flease don't mention it! I wouldn't have missed this hour and what I have heard of brave Gordon for ten lords or fifty barons. It was only the governor I was thinking of. They must have asked for me, and the dear ! good man will be fairly wild looking I for me." Mynheer Joe imagines an insignificant. bald-headed, good-natured little man tearing around the hotel pleading with every one to help him find his daughter. If he comes across such an Individual he will recognize him at once. "You will excuse me. Mynheer," she ? nnt hap hflml ntrnln?the P, UUIUI lin wu?. uvk ..n>> hand upon which flash diamonds that, with those in her ears, at her throat and in her bonny brown hair, are surely worth a kind's ransom. He murmurs that he will be glad to meet her again, i>erhaps in the morning. if circumstances are favorable, with a sidelong glance toward Mr, Crimes, that has no apparent meaning, and yet which causes a grim smile to appear upon the face of the silver king. Then she glides from the bijou parlor, Sandy holding the portiere aside, though he has to stand on his tiptoes In order to make it clear her head. The three gentlemen are left alone. Sandy takes out a cigar and looks at j the others. The mute invitation is immediately accepted, for a couple of hands are extended, and the weeds exchange owners. "Let's go outside. The house Is no place for smoking, in my opinion," re I marks Jce. ; So tlie trio nrijourn to the piazza. More than ouo curious glance is cast toward them: for. in spite of the se| erecy that has been exercised, rumors have gotten around concerning the | truth. It is strange how these things leal: out?a worn is sometimes enough to start the ball rolling, and people, once interested, add u little here and a i trifle there until a story has been manufactured out of whole cloth. Ilardly have they reached the piazza and Joe stops to light his weed when a dapper little fellow, Sandy's counterpart in nervous ways, steps up and taps him on the arm. ] "Beg pardon?do I understand you have arrived from up the river, sir? ; from Khartoom?" asks this sprightly 1 chap, apparently not noticing Sandy j in the background. i Mynheer Joe puffs away, and between eaeh puff he nods his head up and down in an affirmative way that : sets the little man fairly wild with : suspense. He will speak soon?'when j he gets ready?but not until that time J comes. It is plainly evident Mynheer Joe knows how to manage the crcaj ture known as a press agent. * Sandy is chuckling near by, dreadI fully tickled at the thought of having ( for once obtained an advantage over ' his rival. "You are quite right, sir. I have arthis very night from Kha; loom," finally admits the object of ; all this attention, having reduced his j weed to a poiut of subjection, where i it would burn without much care. I Out come the pencil and note-book, j "Would you mind giving ma a little I Information regarding the stale of af! fairs at Khartoom when you left? I w.i.nAonnf !,,? V.irl- Uoriilil t?lf> ! Loudon Times aud the Paris Figaro. ! I shall bo pleased to tube your views, i ;ir, and give you every courtesy in my j aower." rattles ou the little correi tpondent; then catching sight of Sandy his l'aco blazes up. be waves .his hand as though in warning, aud cries: "Too late. Barlow?you're left! Fall to the roar! I may let you pick up i some crumbs presently, but don't hothor now. As you were saying, my dear sir, at the time you quitted Khariooin matters were assuming a serious I aspect?" I "Very," replies Mynheer Joe. gravely. ' 7 * / i "Aud Gordon?yon loft him well, lopins for tho coming of the British liie even now 011 its Veay tlicro. Ilis ;io\vs and .vours would be very acceptable reeding for the world. A vast audience, indeed. si>\ Would you kindly relate your story in detail, or at least that par.ion cf i; concerning Gordon." Ilis manner Is persuasive, his voice honeyed, and butter would fail to melt in hi:; mouth. IniV.-tunntoly he lias laid hold of the \vro:m man. Myn heer Joe lays a hand on his shoulder and almost ent:-ln s him. * "For particulars I must refer you to my press agent. Jnsi now I am engaged. Your arm. Mr. (.'rimes, if you please." "But where can 1 find him? I hep that you will inform me. This is a matter that coueerns the whole civilized world. Thiuk of it, sir! Tell me the name of this gentleman." and the excited correspondent even lays hold of the explorer's eoat in his eagerness to gain his attention. m ' You will find him yonder. Sandy, will you attend to this gentleman?" "Great Seott! Barlow knows it all! I see It now! A grand conspiracy to beat me off! Well. I've picked up all *- " and I'll consolidate them into ., viisanon that will equal file truth. Catch a weasel asleep, eh?" He is just about to rush off when Sandy laughs. "Loft ag.iin. old fel. The wires are entirely ar my service from now until seven o'clock in the morning. You couldn't get a line out now on your Individual responsibility if the Khedive committed hara-kiri." "Barlow, let me into it a little. I'll be entirely disgraced if I'm left entirely on this deal. Is Gordon dead?" "Yes." "And Khartoum truly fallen?*' "Without a doubt." _:il ../v.. oL?a Inf nto cmnd U liai Will jkuu iaac iv iv? iuv avuu $vo lines merely announcing the fact?" "What will you give in promises for the future for a few crumbs, mv boy?" So the rival eorresiKmdents walk down the piazza haggling. Sandy has long waited for this hour; his cup is full and running ever, pressed down with good measure. Meanwhile, the other couple move along the piazza in an opposite direction. enjoying the delicious atmosphere, their cterars and the bright scene. By this time the great crowds have in a measure ceused to jostle elbows in the square called Esbehiyeh, for the hour grows late. Still there are fcnough present to keep up a lively ap^pearanee?to please the eye of the ol>server with the change of colors as they pass to and fro. Something is on the mind of Mr. Grimes, but he perhaps thinks the present moment is hardly a propitious one in which to speak. Several times he opens his mouth, as though the spirit moves liim. but on each occasion ho shakes his head and remains silent. * 1*'v thrown fmm AN lllfj III/SS IIIC ll^ui luiunu the windows more than one curious glance is cast upor. them, for already has word l>cen whispered around that Mynheer Joe has come from the scene of action, and there is an air of mystery thrown about him. which his personality increases rather than diminishes: for, as has been said before, his face and figure are such as would attract attention even on Pall Mall or the Champs Elysees, t Looking into the dance-room they see Molly Tanner gliding about in a dreamy waltz with a foreign-looking man wearing an immense mustache that curls up to his ears?no doubt the baron. She nods her head to them and smiles as she glances toward her partner in the dance: there is someIking so spicy and roguish about it that Mynheer Joe feels drawn toward the girl more than ever. "She's a dandy," the effervescent correspondent had said to him, while on the way to the hotel, and the more he sees of her the better ?his peculiar comparison applies, though, upon try1 if Kn If lutlltwl tn r-ATl. 1UL; IU uuui.i /.v; it at IO uvuu<t >U fess the meaning ambiguous and a trifle dim. Prom the window they walk dovrn to the end of the piazza. liere an acquaintance seizes hold of Mr. Grimes and begs a few minutes' private con versatlon with kira, which, of course, lie gives, asking Joe's pardon for leavThe fatter steps down to the square to walk a little upon the cool flags. The events of the night have been more than singular, when his fortunes are concerned, and he has plenty to reflect upon as he strolls there in front of the hotel. Around him are scenes also that must make some impression on his mind, although they are far from new to him. "While thus strolling aimlessly about, with the intention of killing a little time, so that he may rejoin Mr. Grimes when the latter is disengaged, Mynheer Joe chances to pass that portion of the hotel known as the bar. In common with all other hotels, Shepherd's has a retreat where the thirsty traveler can wash the dust out of his throat, and judging from the manner in which it Is being patronised on this night the dust must be ou the move in Egypt. A sandstorm er.uid not cause the guests to call more frequently. Mynheer Joe arrives upou the scene just in time to witness a rather comical spectacle: Of rows in the gran<| square there is always plenty, but as a general thing these are not-among the guests of the hotel, but rather disputes between the travelers and their gaily-dressed dragomans, or, as is more frequently the case, with these Individuals and the owners of donkeys, while the donkey-drivers themselves are about as quarrelsome as our boys upon the canals. [To be Continued.] SOME EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS I Plans For School Improvement By Superintendent Mcflahan. The Columbia State of Dee. 30th contains tho following interesting extracts from the forthcoming report of Hon. John. J. Mr.Malran. State Supt. of scnoois: "The length of school session is the most conspicuous fact by which the school work is judged. Each one feeis satisfied with the school term as long ! as his own neighborhood school is doing well and the average for the State is no worse than last year. It cannot be too much impressed upon each legislator. however, that if his neighborhood school lasts nine months (or even six) it is an exception, and that the State 'average.' and even the county 'average,' charitably covers, as with a blanket, the nakedness of the backwoods country school. Tabl one of the statistical part of this report will show the length of session and many other facts for each school district in each county. An examination of these details would astonish men who have the schools in the State are satisfactory. Such an examination is not usually made. This is unfortunate. Surely the cousciences of legislators would be aroused if the facts were brought home to their minds. By averaging separately for the schools inside and those outside of incorporated towns we come nearer to an idea of the difference in schools within a county." Some averages are here presented in tabular form. He shows that of the 2,602 white schools in the State, the 1 _ m 1? haUAAI average numoer 01 wwns ?ji bcuuui session is 21 weeks; of the 2,111 colored schools 14.27 weeks. The white schools in the county have an average length of session of 20.3 weeks and 28.8 weeks in towns. Colored schools 13.6 weeks in the county and 21 weeks In towns. In some of the counties the average length of the sessions of white schools is as follows: Pickens 19,6; Hampton 18.7; Spartanburg 18.3; Horry 12.6; Charleston 34.4; Fairfield 29.9; Chester 28.5; Richland 24.9; Williamsburg 13.3, etc., etc. TEACHERS' SALARIES. Continuing Mr. McMahan says of teachers' salaries: "The quality of the teacher is of more consquence than the number of weeks he teaches. No report can properly set forth the qualities of the teacher, but the salaries received for the session or year will afford some basis for judgment. I regret that I have not the data for seperate averages of salaries for town and country teachers in the State and in each county. In table 2 the average in each district is given, but the schools of one district are not always exclusively in town or in country. "The average annual salary of (? ?!,?? In chs Qfgta in 38 pnnntips TP icacucio iu vuw kv tu vw ? ? ported is: While teachers. $195.28; negro teachers. $79.41. "In Horry county white teachers ' averaged $94.49; some received nothing In Williamsburg the average was 1 $104.30. While the average in Chester - i field was $126.11; there were five dis- i tricts having 22 teachers whose average salary was less than $70. In Saluda the average was $130.42. District No. 26 had seven teachers averaging $77.13. In Lexington the average salary was ! $171.77; yet four teachers, each in a ' district having but one white school j received less than $100 each. LOCAL TAX CANNOT SUFFICE. 1 A favorite defense against the de- 1 1 raand for a legislative appropriation ' to the public schools Is the specious argument that the extra tax which i each district is permitted to vote is 1 the way to good schools, and that each 1 community should be left to apply this < remedy for itself, levy a local tax. This tax cannot be depended upon 1 by the legislature. It is voluntary, and, i therefore, will not be levied until a 1 community is alive to its own needs. ? The darkest places will remain in dark- i ness until light comes in from without. 1 Moreover, some school districts where |1 the people are willing to make sacrifices for education are yet so poor that i the heaviest tax perm'tted by the law I still falls short of yielding the amount < required for a good school. The list of i districts with a voluntary local tax is i an honor roll. South Carolina seems 1 to lead all other southern States In the proportion of such districts, to hear total of districts. The truth i3, however, that the richer community usually levies a moderate tax, which yields a large sum of money because of the corporate wealth in the town, while the poorer community is willing to pay largely of its means, with but an extra 3-mill tax. or even the maximum 4-mills, in addition to its regular revenues, such a district still has only an inadequate school fund." SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL. The average cost of schooling per pupil is of great significance, if we should take as the basis of comparison the individual schools of certain country districts and of cities or prosperous towns. But there is considerable significance In the comparison of the averages for certain counties and there 5r some interest in the comparison of the average for the State in successive years. The average cost per pupil has been as follows: 1899, white $4.98, negro $1.42; 1900. white $5.55, negro $1.30; 1901, white $5.82 negro $1.30; 1902, white $6.01, negro $1.53. (In 1899 six counties were not fully reported, four in 1900 and two in 1902.) As efforts to secure a State appropriation for the public schools have thus far failed. The only form in which such a bill has passed the lower house has been to provide an additional county tax. Some of the representatives of richer counties are unwilling that their counties should pay toward the support of the schools of other counties. The idea seems to prevail thaf counties are distinct and separate in interest and responsibility. The old South Carolina doctrine is lost sight of, that the State is the sovereign. A more legitimate argument against such an opportunity is the just fear that it will be misspent. CONDITIONS TO STATE AID. Under present conditions there are serious obstacles to the policy of State aid to weak schools. This policy has been partially entered upon in the act of 1899 to distribute State dispensary profits to bring up deficient schools to a minimum three months' i term. or^75 fund. With deficiencies of th^j^keding year as a basis, dis / pensary money has been for four SC years annually apportioned to bri;ig g up the schools to this minimum ses- ? sion, yet the foregoing statistics show S that the law has failed to accomplish g its purpose. The law does not require je the trustees to apply the money to the * schools that need it. g In my report of 1899 I called atten- M tion to the need of safeguards against ? the unnecessary multiplying of schools to be thus aided by the State, j ~ Some districts support several schools j ann appiy me iunus m > a? umncm proportions to "the different schools. A The constitutional provision that in each county board should lay off its county into convenient school districts of not less than nine more thaa (1 49 square miles has been carried out In very few counties. Its spirit and at purpose, though ont its letter, was tr that each district should support but n, one school for the white and one for the negroes, each to be centrally located. In some counties the districts k< are still townships, so large that they w must support several schools, some hi of which the trustees are not inter- in ested in and shamefully neglect, aj while some are entirely too near to w others. g< Moreover, a three rnonths' school hi with a $75 teacher can hardly be called ot a school. Necessarily the trustees tu have little choice of teachers. With d< the acquiescence of the county super- ki intendents they sometimes employ w teachers without certificates of quail- a? flcatlon and unable to pass the required examinations. But in some counties there is an ample supply of 0 incompetents holding the county certiflcates. Although, the trustees of Fi short term schools are in the habit of aj employing very poor teachers, for whom it should not be the policy of the State to furnish longer sessions. T] Aid from the State should be granted or not merely upon a showing of poverty, but upon the guarantee of proper location of the school and the em ployment of a thoroughly capable **' teacher. Better far to aid a few |? schools i nthls way than to aid many r,! less effectively. J A legislative appropriation to the * schools should be based upon a gen- F eral law with safeguards along these lines. The teacher whose salary Is [V supplemented should be required to have a certificate of qualification from " the State hoard of education (issued upon examination or upon the diploma ai of an approved college). The school should be in district supporting but M one school for each race, or the school m should not be leas than four miles si from every other which the pupils st might attend, and If its enrolment be lit less than 20 pupils its distance from b( every other school open to its children uj should be not less than five miles, or uj specially justified by swamps or other si peculiar conditions (reported by the th county board and approved by the ai State board). The county board should Si furnish a list of its schools fulfilling A the conditions in teacher, location, ai enrolment and flaancial inability, the ve latter fact being certified also by the d< county treasurer on March 15th, af* gi ter the collection of taxes has been gi completed and the funds of the dis- 's trict for the current scholastic year are ascertained?and, in the case of d? the needy districts, exhausted. The g' names of the teachers and the E amounts, to be paid them should be certified to the State treasurer by the tQ State superintendent of education on ^ behalf of the State board of educa- H tion. The State's aid should be suffi- OI dent to bring up the salaries to $35 dr a. month for six months. m At the beginning of this policy not aj many schools would be able to avail j,* themselves of the proffered assist- ^ ance. Under the strong inducement to er ?nnfnrm tn tho rnndftifinR. trUSteeS U, would be stirred from present indif- ^ ference and errors. There would be a pe readjustment In the location of schools th which would greatly strengthen oth- ns ?fs. In the end a comparatively small at number would need the legislative V bounty. The country school problem would be largely solved. Of course these results could be much better realized with better coun- -va ty management of schools. State aid w to weak schools would be for many i*1 reasons unwise without strong man- s? agement and expert supervision in 1 P' each county. 1 Wl T1 fa st RAM'S HORN BLASTS, Tn sb ca f HOUGH sin break lu I 3ut the link of one th lrtue tlle is co V W&Mvr Many a soul has uf 'iiPP^ UP on 'r<>* iQ >??& Work for heaven $5 l^ju wrai Is better than th Fwl V\M? weeping over Eden. m * ) A- God's highest hon)rs 8? to those of cr the lowliest humil- ai God^is likely to answer our prayers vi for others out of our own pocketbooks. di Forgiveness without forgetting is nl like a pardon without a stay 01 pun- ae lshment. lo Morality is religion in relation to f0 man, religion is morality in relation to God. re Some men never make any mistake in because they never make any moves. When the man is lost in the parson, J. men will not be saved by the preach- tI( ing" h< It is better to send a goo J name before us than to leave a large fortune le behind. Perhaps the deepest pain of hell will IS be the knowledge of the love we have ? missed. Reproof is apt to be relished in proportion as it is not reliable. A lie is a loan on which you will never cease to pay manifold interest. Life's improvements depend on the profits we make of its reproofs. He has no option on heaven who ( has no obligation on earth. m at Dentists Are Philanthropic. Swedish dentists have subscribed ^ for the gratuitous distribution in their }t country of a periodical which is to inculcate better ideas regarding the care Ti of the teeth. l fr piimsito 'mum flinor Events of the Week In a g Brief Form. * 1 ?*? Saturday night about 9 o'clock ndrcw N. Gray of Columbia fell dea^-'/*? : th-> bridge keeper's house at the ot of Gervais street. Dr. Gray eonlets a drug store in Brooklyn and V res in Columbia. He had walked ross the Congaree bridge and had ied to catch the 8:45 car. Having flHH issed his car. Dr. Gray went into the ] H 3iise of Mr. Lybrand. ' the bridge?eper. and was talking and Joking ith those around the fire. Mr. Ly-and says that Dr. Gray was stand- .^H9 g with his back to the fire and was jparently in good health and spirits hen he took a step forwards as if to. fl^B > to the door. He fell forward upon s face, and when Mr. Lybrand and. hers in the room got to him and irned him over. Dr. Gray .jvas, quite >ad. He was subject to attacks of this nd. and his death, while unexpected, as not much of a shock to his family i it might otherwise have been. L. 0. Russell, a well-known citizen ' Anderson county, met a sudden >atn under peculiar circumstances riHav Hp and hin son. a vonnz man )out grown, had l>een to a neighboAy^^^B x>d house and were returning home, hey were in a buggy and in some way Pj le of the shafts broke and it was imissible to proceed further with the 'hide. Mr. Russell was under the inlence of liquor, and his son decided leave him seated in the buggy while } rode the mule home for assistance, he young man went on )iome and hen he came back a short while afterards be was horrified to find that his i ther had 'fallen from the buggy and J oken hft neck. He had fallen over ie dashboard, landing on his face. The >roner held an Inquest Saturday and R ie jury returned a verdict hi accordice with the facts. JHB| Thursday night at a negro frolic on^^sH r. Bob Cowan's place, about two^^HH lies from Rock Hill, Sam Allison waa^^H|H tot and almost instantly killed by his^^HH epson John Smith. It seems that son was beating bis wife, when the^^HR jy came up and interfered. Allison^^HH ion seeing that it was the son jumpedRMIH ), kicked him and then went for his lot-gun. He tried to shoot Smith, but e gun failed to fire the first time, id as be was trying the second time nith shot him with a 3S-caiibre pistol. lll8on fell and Smith came to the city id gave himself up. At the inquest a irdict was rendered of.filling in self ifense. Smith. howeverT"Tir.4jI the lard house here, having been ' lilty of carrying, the wrong size\ hooting iron." Coroner Black held an inquest Frity morning upon the body of C. N. vanegan. at . his home in the West nd of Greenville, and the Jury ren>red a verdict that the deceased came ' his death from an overdose of morline administered by his own hand, e bought 15 cents worth of morphine 1 Christmas day at the West End ug store, and that night ended his le by swallowing the fatal drug. His 1 leged wife testified that he t that he would take the morphine kill himself and that he had threat- : * led several times to cut his throat ' J e told her that he nad oeen triea ree times for his life and that his ople had cast him off. It is not likely at he was passing under his proper ime, and his true history, will probily never be known. Swanegan is a iry unusual name. Saturday afternoon Officer Hall, of e police force arrested on the "bone trd" in Spartanburg a middle aged bite man who has been going about e streets pretending to be a mute and liciting alms. A number of persons H ties the apparently afflicted man. so H ell did he carry out the deception. H ie police were told that he was a kir and the officer took him to the ation house. He played the role of a 1 ute for three hours; but then caved and told the officer that be was flj iammingj He produced a package of rds, on each of which was printed a gubrious wail, asking for charity for e afflicted. He will be tried in' police urt The directors of the Moilohon Manacturing Co., of Newberry, at a meetg decided to increase the ,capita^^^ ock of the company from |200,000 to^^^L j 00,000 and increase the capacity of e mill to 28,000 spindles. When the ill was built it was expected to lnease the plant, and this improvement id enlargement will not aneci uie inning. The population of the mill J 11 age will be about double. A total destruction of eight illicit stilleries in Oconee county by rovele officers. Six complete outfits were istroyed, while fermented beer and w wines in large quantities were und at two. Officers succeeded in arsting four operators, who are now Walhalla jail awaiting trial. ^ Miss Alice Watkins, daughter of Mr. v N. Watkins of the Long Creek secjn. was shot Tuesday evening last at ?r father's home. The ball entered her ft jaw and lodged in the back of her < lad. The condition of the young lady said to be very critical. One other rson was present when the shot was ed. No cause has been assigned for ie shooting. Made Big Profits. St. Louis, Special.?Thomas A. eage closed his oig December corn :al at noon Wednesday a heavy win r. He made settlements on all deal3 46 cents, which, was 2 cents over the m quotation at Chicago. He estates that between 5,u13,000 and 6,f .000 bushels cf contract corn we're "olved In the deal, and that his averre proiit was 6 cents to the bushel. id's makes him ahead on the deal era |300,000 to ?3UO,eOO. 1 v- ,