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ACROSS THB BATTLE-FIELD.
After the great battle was over,
Lieutenant Ballanche was sent by
General Jackson to confer with the
British officers regarding the burial
of the dead lying so thickly tumbled
together on that bloody plain. In
the course of the interview he did not
fail to make inquiries concerning the
captive ladies, and when he was told
that they were in a small country
house not far from the battle-field, lie
felt his heart leap. He had to
emother impatience, however, and go
on with his military duties just as
though love were a matter 01 suoorainate
impoitauee, aud if the burial of
a few hundred invaders were of
higher obligation than rescuing
a beautiful and adorable sweetheart
from a situation of suffering
and danger. A young man must
be under good discipline to be thus
wedded to military duty; but it may
be remembered that Andrew Jackson
had a, way of making everyone about
him rFgard orders as absolutely binding
beyond even life itself.
"What set the terrible sting of doubt
in the lieutenant's heart and made
him chafe through ever? moment of
that seemingly interminable confer- J
ence, was the. fact that none of the
British officers could tell him whether
or not the captives were still safe
from harm. All that they could say
was to the effect that the ladies had
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ed up to the time of the battle. Since
then no one had seen them nor heard
of them. And what might have happened
daring that wild rnsh of overthrow,
when the whole British army
was torn and scattered, and when the
exasperated soldiers were left to shift
for themselves without officers to re*
strain them? The thonght was one
to chill the young man's blood; but
he went on with the conference, his
agitation showing only in a certain
austerity of manner which the British
officers attributed to native churlishness.
When at last he had finished
the matter, he hastened to General
Jackson with his report.
Mr. Vernon was present when he
arrived at headquarters and had already
asked leave to go in search of
his family. The old man's face lighted
up wonderfully when Ballanche told
what he knew.
"And they are safe!" he exclaimed, j
\ showing more passionate excitement j
rthan any one bad ever witnessed in !
him before. "They told yon that j
they were safe?" A singularly be- j
aeaching note rang through his words, i
The lieuteuaut could not have the ;
heart to tell him that there was a
dontt.
General Jackson would not permit
any precipitate action. He reminded j
Mr. Vernon that a truce was pending :
and that due formalities must be ob-1
served in tho matter of penetrating
the British lines for any purpose, j
The old inau bore the delay in the'
spirit of a caged lion. It seemed to '
him that a year might have elapsed |
since he parted from his wife and1
daughter; every moment now dragged i
by like a snail.
What added a peculiar dread to the I
situation was the thought of Loring,
Vasseur and old man Burns all going
in the direction which might lead
them to where Mrs. Vernon and Paul-!
ine had been left by their captors, j
Mr. Vernon's whole mind dwelt on !
the fear that his wife and daughter
might be told the secret of his past
life. His imagination, which was as i
vigorous and lawless as his frame was j
stalwart, built up all manner of dark
prophecies and lilted him with fore- '
bodings too dreadful for any thought j
to give them definite form. He ao- j
cused himself with all the bitterness j
of which self-accusation is possible. I
Why had he not left Irs loved ones at
home, where they would have been
so safe now? What demon had possessed
him to send them (of all places
in the world) to that plantation-house
right in the path of the British army?
When at last, after hours of delay,
all necessary formalities had been observed
and everything was ready,
General Jackson ordered six men detailed
to accompany Mr. Vernon and
Lieutenant Ballanche on their journey
of love.
Old Enos Peevy was one of the
squad. A young British officer joined
them to see them safe to their destin
ation. They were an mounted; Dut
three of the horses were to bear the
ladies back to the American lines.
A rough bridge had been hastily
oast across the ditoh of death, and
over this Mr. Vernon led the way,
passing into the awful swaths of trar's
reaping. Peevy rode beside him, sitting
awkwardly but firmly on a little
Creole pony, his long.bouy legs reaching
down so far that his feet almost
touched the blood-tinged ground. He
was rery much interested in noting
the condition of 1he dead. British as
he passed along.
"Thar's a feller 'at I plumpted a
hole through," he exclaimed presently
with great satisfaction, pointing toward
a stalwart Highlander outstretched
on his back. "I put it to
'im jes' ez 'e war "
'Hush, manl" said Mr. Vernon in
-*n undertone, "remember that we
have an English officer with us."
"Oh, tarnation take the offioer!|
"W'at air I er keerin' fer 'im?" grutn-,
hied the aoonW "I wash 'at I'd er
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BY ISLAND
E DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
THOMPSON.
ky r.obfrt Bonaer * Son*.
got a bead onter him. Ef I bed it'd
er ben good-bye 'at Mary Auu'd said
to 'im."
If the English officer heard what
was said he discreetly kept silent.
As they rode along, picking their
way between the heaps of slain, their
horses stumbling over the ruts made
by connou balls, Lieutenant Ballanche
looked back toward the low breastworks
behind which he had fought,
aud it required but a glance to comprehend
the fatal mistake made by
the British. The deadly ditch looked
harmless enough from this side?a
man would thiuk he could jump across
it.
Mr. Vernon could not bear a moderate
pace. As soon as they were
well beyond the first windrow of the
J battle he urged his horse to a canter,
then into a gallop. Ballanche spurred
forward and joined him. A mighty
impatience was burning the blood of
the two men.
"How far is it yet!'* Mr. Vernon
huskily demanded, after they had i
gone beyond the battle-field proper
and passed through a stretch of wet,
plashy woods. i
"Just yonder, around the point of
magnolias," was the almost breathless <
answer. "The house is behind those
trees."
The old man leaned forward in his
saddle and put his horse to the best. <
"I fear that we shall run into trou- i
ble at this rate," said the English officer
who had chanced to couie side bj i
side with Enos Peevy. i
"Ef we do," said the scout, with a i
grim leer, "I'll pop you the fust one. i
Mary Ann yer, w'at I hev in my han', i
kinder wants ter mak yer 'quaiutance <
anyhow." |
The conversation ended at once. j
The Englishman bit his lip and drew
in his horse so as to fall behind. Soon j
enough he was out of sight, and the (
Americans saw him no more. He was
tired of the ride. I
Mr. Yernon and Lieutenant Bal- (
lanche were too much absorbed in j
the thought of reaching the magnolia ,
point and coming within Tiew of the (
house to note the absence of the of- (
fioer until Peevy called to them:
'That air feller hev snoke olf," he j
cried, in his shrill treble. "That ,
etarnal orficer air gone!" I
They slackened their pace to let ,
him come up with them.
"Let him go," said 3Ir. Vernon, (
when he understood the matter, "wo
don't need him." And again they
spurred on.
Lieutenaut Ballanche had a fresher, :
stronger horse than the one that bore :
Mr. Vernon, and by the time they had
swung around the pcint with the little
plantatiou-honse full in view he was
considerably in the lead.
It was with au indescribable stifling
sensation that he leaned over his sad- 1
die-horn and gazed between straggling j
orange trees toward the low doorway
beyond -a broken gale. The place
looked lonely and desolate. It was a
picture of silence set against a gray
background of wilderness.
Mr. Vernon and Ballancha had ridden
into the enclosure and were approaching
the house. The walk or
pathway was narrow and Mr. Vernon
was now in advance. Suddenly he
drew his horse back with such force
that it almost stood upright on its
haunches; at the same time he uttered
a deep ejaculation of surprise and
horror.
A man lay dead, doubled up across
the path near the front-door of the
house. Mr. Vernon recognized the
face iustautly, although it was pinched
and distorted.
Peevy saw that something startling
had been discovered aud hurried
through the gate.
"Wat air the matter now, fellers?"
he inquired. Then, seeing the dead
body, be added: "W'y, ii air thet
thar feller who went cavortiu' " '
He was interrupted by a sharp cry *
from the;house, and the door was !
flung wide open. 1
"Etarual Jerusalem!" he exclaimed.
"Jes' look, will ye!"
Mr. Vernon and Ballanche were al- (
ready looking. They had seen many
dead men that day, had ridden past
them and over them, but this one demanded
more than a glauoe, at least s
from Mr. Vernon, who did not look (
at onoe, even when the voice rang out 1
from the open door of the house.
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CHAPTER XXVII. \
WOUNDED LION. 1
Meantime Mrs. Vernon, Pauline t
aud Mademoiselle de Sezannes had }
not been ill-treated beyond what the
exigencies of life in the immediate
vicinity of the British camp made in- ]
evitable. The commanding officer ^
ordered them to be kept in the small ,
house already described and furnished
them food and a guard. Under the
circumstances, this was the best that j
he could do. He felt that to sead j
them through the liues would be a
dangerous proceeding, as he was re- j
lying upon surprising the Americans, j
Colonel Loring found no difficulty
in securing the favor of General Keane, ,
anc, later, General Pakenham himself
recognized him as one who had done
him a great and dangerous service
years before. Moreover, Loring
brought with him perfect maps aud I
drawings of all the American defenses i
and full descriptions and reports of all i
the troops under Jackson and the i
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probable order of tbeir distribution,
nor did be neglect to exhibit, as ij
half by accident, the newspapers con*
taiuiugthe sensational accouuts of his
daring assault upou General Jackson's
nose. He volunteered to lead a reconnoitering
party in the direction of
the American lines, and the result was
a full confirmation of his previous!
statements regarding the probable1
plans of Jackson for the defense of
Xew Orleans. All this aided him, but
his personal magnetism went much
farther. There was something in him
that drew men of daring and reckless
courage to him ami held them there.
His voice, Lis manner, his steady, fearless
eyes and the look of absolute selfassurance
which seemed to be the
natural expression of his face made
way for him even in councils of the
generals. Men of iron found him a
man of adamant, nor did they look
through to the darker side of his being;
men rarely trouble themselves with
what is not most available in their fellows.
Loring fonml time to be kind to the
captive women, and especially to Pauline
he showed almost tender solicitndo
ia seeking her eouifort. lie did not
often enter into conversation with her,
nor were his visits more than merely
formal. Pauline, however, in her
great desire to know what was going
on and what was likely to be the outcome
of the impending battle watched
lor his coming each day, with the hope
that he would have something to say
which would lesson the strain of suspense.
Day after day went by, meahtime,
with nothing to break the dread monotony
or to soften the horror of seeing
the English troops 3well in numbers
and of bearing the preparation of an
overwhelming column of attack which
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was Qieaa; 10 sweep me nine Auicrr
can band before it like dry leaves before
a baeeze.
Idademoisei.e de Gezauaes hated
Loring nore and more as the time
dragged od. She treated him with the
sold courtesy of a scornful politeness
when she was forced to accept a favor
it his hands; but he appeared not to
notice her mood. His whole mind
seemed occupied with the thought of
contributing all that he could to insuring
the best disposition and direction
of the British forces. The little and
yet in some way strangely significant
marks of attention shown by him to
Panline were the only signs of any
turning, even ror a moment, from his
concentrated singleness of interest.
The house on which our attention for
the present centers stood at the edge of
i dark wood bordering a swamp. Its
front looked toward the plain npon
which were being made the preparations
for battle. Westward and not
Far away the muddy current of the
Mississippi tumbled along darkly behind
a low levee. It was a rongh
wooden building plainly furnished and
hut recently abandoned in great haste
by its owner. Two elderly serving
women were appointed to serve tbo
captive?.
After the night-fight already hastily
sketched, Loring came to the house
iud reported that the Americans had
shown their strength and mode of warfare
and that now it would be an easy
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UJlUg lO ailUL'H lUCiU 1U iuac Ikuu ugBtroj
them. He appeared somewhat
more animated than Pauline had ever
before seen him; but she could not bo
sure what his excitement indicated;
it may have been, sho thought after
lie was gone, no more than the afterglow
of the battle-spirit. It was evident,
even to her inexperienced mind,
;hat the British had not been successful
in the engagement; but when,
ater on, the reinforcement landed and
poured across the plain, when the
jreat cannon went lumbering by,
vhen the flags streamed out and the
;housands of red uniforms shone in
thick array, seen in the distance
ihrough the straggling orange grove,
ihe felt that all hope was indeed gone.
Mrs. Vernon and Mademoiselle de
Sezannes had been despondent and
;iven over to moaning and tears from
the first. Pauline, even when despair
:ame, preserved her composure. Lorug
noted this steadfastness of will if
he girl, and it seemed to appeal to
iim as through a strain of likeness to
lis own character, straDge as such a
jompavison might be; ana once, when
Mademoiselle de Sezannes looked at
:li3 two stauding near each other, she
saw, as by a fash of sudden reveloion,
a striking resemblance betweeu
:heir faces, especially in the way of
cagthening and narrowing the eyes
n moments of deep feeling.
"I hate you, almost," she said to
Pauline, when Lonng was gone, "be- !
muse yon like that mau."
"Look like him!" exclaimed Mrs.
ireinon. "What a horrid jest!"
"It is horrible, but it is no jest,"
laid Mademoiselle de Sezannes, with
nnphasis. "Just now their eyes were
irecisely alike."
Pauline was offended, and drew herself
up to turn away. The quick rush
>f resentment, well repressed thongh
t was, exemplified the theory of Madenoiselle
de Sezannes. Madame Ver
ion saw ttk"' flattening ana leveling 01
.be beautiful eyelids and c&ught the
nomentary gleam from the lengthenng
eyes.
She started hysterically, and would
lave spoken had not Loring returned
ather hastily to say that the battle
vould opeu on the following morning
?this had just been determined upon
?and that it was absolutely necessary
or them to remain close shut in the
jouso until all should be over.
And so when, in the small hours of
ho following night, the low, wide stir
jegan, the women knew that the
British columns were forming for the
jreat assault.
(to be continued.)
An appendicitis club has been
ormcd in Cleveland, Ohio. To bo*
some a member of this unique crganU
cation, one mast have boon operated
upon for appendicitis.
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EDUCATIONAL REPORT.
State Superintendent Martin Gives
Out Interesting Figures.
The report of State Superintendent
of Education 0. B. Martin is now in
the hands of the State printer and will
be issued at an early date. The report
this year is unusually lengthy but i3
full of useful information and statistics.
Mr. Martin, in his introductory remarks
alone the line of school develop
nient in South Carolina, says that "in I
some districts the schools run only a |
short while, the houses are ill adapted I
and inadequate, the furniture and
equipment rude and incomplete, some
of th? children are not in school at all,
and yet these districts have a surplus
in the treasury. Manifestly these people
need to be aroused. They need more
and better sentiment. In other districts,"
says Mr. Martin, "the conditions
are almost as bad but the people
realize the need and are trying to improve.
They need money. To equalize
the desired results the conferences in
the spring planned a systematic agitation
through public speeches and the
press."
Mr. Martin calls attention to the
work of the Southern Educational
beard and to the model school that
they have established at Heath Springs,
and adds, "the Southern States have
r.ot received their proper share of the
great gifts for education. Twenty-five
per cent, of the population of our
country should receive a larger proportion
than 3 per cent, of the general
contributions to education." The death
of the late Dr. J. L. M. Curry, general
agent of the Peabody fund, is touched
upon, and the fact that with the discontinuation
of the scholarships at the
Peabody college in Nashville South
Carolina will lose great benefits.
The summer schools for teachers
showed enrollment as follows: State
schools, enrollment 312, average 237;
county schools, enrollment 1,214. average
919; district schools, enrollment
5,4*4, tWCrage o-t-. me Uiauiti atuuuia
were for negro teachers and were 12 in
number, while the schools for white
teachers numbered 41. The income for
summer schools was reduced $500, as
the Peabody fund amounted to $1,400
instead of $1,900 as heretofore. "Much
credit," says Mr. Martin, "for the success
of the summer school work is due
xy distinguished predecessor, for the
present plan and organization are
largely due to his zeal and ability."
The superintendent of education believes
that the general assembly should
pass a general act as to the issuance of
bonds for school purposes, and thus
avoid the trouble of special acts when
such need arises in a district. Mr. Martin
also remarked on the fact that
when a district, wishes to levy a special
tax it must be done practically between
January 1 and June 1, and suggests
that the limit be extended to
September 1.
"Numerous requests," says Mr. Martin,
"have come to this department
from Citadel beneficaries asking to
be released from their bonds on the
grounds that they are unable to secure
positions to teach for two years, as is
required by law. The act seems to
leave some discretion with this department,
but I have construed it to mean
that tbe beneficiary is really expected
to perform the service indicated or
otherwise redeem his bond. The State
has the right to expect some return for
her investment along this line."
One of the most interesting subjects
with hv Mr Martin is the disnen
sary law as applicable to the school
revenue. He says:
Section 1235 of the code provides:
All net income derived by the State
from the sale of liquors in this State,
under the dispensary law, shall be apportioned
among the various counties
of this State, for the benefit of the
common schools, in proportion to the
deficiencies existing in the various
countries of this State, after the application
of the 3 mills tax and the poll
tax, to run the public schools for the
item fixed in section 1233 (three
months); and if there shall be a surplus
of such net income after such deficiencies
have been equalized, it shall
be devoted to public school purposes
and be apportioned among the counties
in proportion to the enrollment in
the public schools.
"While the intent and purpose of 1
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its effect I really believe it is injurious.
It encourages small schools and puts i
a premium on poverty. This fund is actually
the only real State school fund
we have except the small income from
the permanent school fund, as the (
3-mills tax and the poll tax are really ,
district funds, and therefore it seems
to me that the State ought to use part
of this fund for the purpose of stimu- :
lating effort and encouraging forward
movements. I learn rrom reports-sent 1
to the comptroller general that 13
counties scattered throughout the State <
do not get any funds whatever on account
of deficiencies. 6 get less than J
$500, 12 more' than $100 but less than
$500, 5 get more than $5000 and less ;
than $1,000, 4 get more than $1,000 and i
less than $1,600 and 1 gets more than i
$3,000.
"This is evidently not equitable, and !
my observation convinces me that it '
is not best for many of the districts 1
which receive the help, because it leads
to formation of more schools chiefly i
to get the additional funds. i
As to rural school libraries Mr. Mar- .<
tin says that an appropriation of $5,
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UUU WOU1Q SlclI L l<rf 11CW uuiai icg iu ca?.u
county. He believes that it would be <
wise to allow trustees to spend 5 per \
cent, of their funds in the purchase of
libraries. The rural school library has ]
been introduced into 29 States, the
North Carolina plan being suggested
by Supt. Martin as an excellent one.
Mr. Martin urges that the salaries of 1
county superintendents of education \
be raised commensurately with their
duties.
The total enrollment for 1903 in the
public schools was 288,713, an increase
of 18,342 over(1902> but only 3.507 more
than 1901. The total expenditures for
the public schools was $1,046,143.49.
The total expenditure for the same <
purpose in the United States for the <
same length of time according to the I
United States commissioner's report i
was $235,208,465. It will thus be seen 1
that we are far below the average of 1
other States in our support of the i
general education of our people. Dividing
the total expenditures by the
average attendance (which is 1903 was
209,385) we find that we spend $5.06
per pupil. This is not simply salaries
but It Includes amounts spent for
balldlngs, repairs, furrlture and all
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other purposes. Some States expend
as much as $28 per pupil and the average
in the United States is 21.38."
With a population of 1,382,000 South
Carolina spends 75 cents per capita for
the public schools. The average salary
paid to white teachers is $203.04. and
to colored teachers $93.04. Every
county had a surplus at the close of
the school year, the smallest amountins;
to $004.54. the largest to $30,572.71.
It is estimated that $40,000 to $50.000
a year is naid out for interest in
order to get the cash for school purposes
before the taxes are paid in. Mr.
Martin thinks that the State should
get on a cash basis especially as to the
payment of teachers and other school
expenses. "It is reported that the business
of the dispensary amounts U> $3,00,000
per annum. Ten per cent, of
this amount would relieve the sifdation
and this amount could be obtained
either by an advance of 10 per cent, on
the price of the commodity or the former
appropriations from this source
could be restored."
Mr. Martin in conclusion remarks
that the illiteracy of South Carolina is
decreasing, being now 35.9 per cent.
"It is appalling to think that one
white inhabitant out of every seven is
totally illiterate, while three of the remaining
six have not the education to
enable them to properly discharge their
duties or to really grasp the purposes
and possibilities of life. When we take
the whole population, at least one in
three is illiterate. It is a matter of
statistics that the wealth-producing
power of a State is in direct proportion
to the money expended for education.
A State with the same population as
ours but which spends three times as
much for schools will get a direct return
in wealth-producing power."
WORLD'S FAIR POINTERS.
Polo will bo a feature of World's Fair
games.
Illinois will make a complete fish ex
hibit at the World's Fair.
Chattanooga. Tenn., will erect a ?23,000
huil-.ling at the World's Fair.
Germany and America will have con.
petiiive exhibits of forestry, each five
acres in extent at the St. Louis World's
Fair.
A rose garden six acres in area and
containing 50.000 rose trees, will be
one of the attractions at the St. Louis
World's Fair.
A model farm, representing a section
of land 100 acres in extent will be one
of the interesting and valuable exhibits
at the World's Fair.
The leading painters and sculptors
of St. Petersburg, Russia, have premised
to co-onerate in organizing a Russian
art exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
The State of Maine Building at the
St. Louis World's Fair will be unique
in character, its motif being the log
cabin, the walls constructed entirely
of logs.
New Mexico will make an exhibit ot
turquoise mining at the World's Fair.
A lapidary showing how the stones are
cut and polished and prepared for the
market will be a feature.
The British National ravlllon at the
World's Fair. St. Louis, will be a reproduction
of the orangery or banquet
hall of the Kensington Palace, in Kensington
Gardens, London.
The chief feature of the Cornell University
exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition*
will be a plaster model, eight
by six feet, of the Campus. This will
show the streets, buildings, gorges and
waterfaiis, all in color.
According to W. Ivohlsaat, Commissioner
of the Exposition to Norway,
Sweden and Denmark, the Crown
Frince of Sweden will attend the Fair,
and his intimate friend. Crown Prince
Frederick, may also come. ? PROMINENT
PEOPLE.
A marble statue of Genernl von
Molt he is to be erected in Berlin, Germany.
Archbishop Ireland will be one of the
speakers at the Lincoln Day banquet
in Chicago, III.
II. F. Intra lis, believed to be the oldpst
living showman, resides in the little
town of Iluntsville, Ohio.
F.eoker T. Washington has purchased
eighty-eight head of cattle in Iiockland,
N. Y., for shipment to Tuskegee.
Louis Primeau, the most noted interpreter
among the Sioux Indians,
iliod recently at Standiug Rock Agency.
In Norway's new Cabinet Sigurd Ibsen.
son of Ilenrfk, and son-in-law of
Bjornson, holds the office of Minister
of State, at Stockholm.
William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet
and dramatist, and President of the
National Irish Theatre Society, is visiting
the United States.
Theodore C. Hinckley, of St. Louis,
Mo., lias lioen appointed District Attorney
of Manila. Mr. Hinckley is o?*ly
twenty-three years old.
Vice-Admiral Togo. who has just
succeeded Admiral Tsuboi in command
if the standing Japanese squadron, is
ine of the popular heroes of Japan.
Itudolph Scliwarz, the Indianapolis
sculptor, has just completed the bronze
statue of the late Governor Pinsrree.
if Michigan, which will be erected in
Detroit.
A statue of Colonel Josias It. King, of
St. Taul. Minn., who was, it is believed.
the first volunteer in the Civil
War, is to surmount the monument to
be erected in Snramit Park, St. Paul.
After a service of sixty-one years.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higglnson,
the well-known historian, has resigned
as Chairman of the committee
which inspects the course of instruction
in English literature at Harvard
Uiiiversity.
A Dmgt r Signal.
At a wedding in a church, noticing
:he dim religious red iight that burns
jver the chancel, Teddy asked his
aachelor uncle. "Is that a danger sigial,
Undo Tom?" and Uncle Tom.
ivho is suspected of hovering on the
brink of a proposal, was heard to
reply, "Ye3."?December IJpninoott's.
Another suit will be brought against
the promoters of the United States
Shipbuilding Company and Mr. J. P.
Morgan's part in the deal will be explained.
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Died of His Injuries.
Anderson, Special.?Sylvester Brown,
colored, who was shot by Ben Lockhart,
also colored, at a hot supper,
near Starr, several weeks ago. died
Saturday night. The verdict of Um
coroner's Jury was that the deceased
came to his death as the result of %
pistol shot wound at the hands of
Lockhart. Lockhart fled the night of
the shooting, but was captured sooa
after in Elbert county, Georgia. Ha
was brought back here and lodged in.
jail, where he has been since awaiting
the result of Brown's injuries. He will
now be held for trial on a charge of
murder. _ .
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New Enterprises.
The secretary of state last week
granted a charter to the Roger company
of Fork in Marion county c&pi*
talized at $5,000, and with L. M. Roger
as president and F. C. Roger as treasurer.
The concern will manufacture
lumber.
A charter was also given the CalenA
AAmnanif /-?f rvo r? 11 r\ erf r\n nrltV
UCU UIUL(V lUUIl?mj Ul LfBI I1UQWU man
a capital of $20,000. The officers are J.
B. Hudnall president and treasurer and
C. 0. Coles secretary.
Palmetto Briefs.
Application was made Saturday to
Gov. Hey ward for the pardon of Jacob
Singleton, Joe Sheppard, Jr., Wm.
Holmes, July and Willie Cuyler, all
colored boys, convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to two years on the
county chaingang. The crime of which
the boys were convicted occurred about
a year ago. At a small station on the
Plant System in Colleton county they
were part of a crowd which engaged in
a scuffle, in which a boy named Beach
was struck in the head with an iron
bolt, receiving injuries from which he
died a few days later. Owing to the
darkness at the time of the crime, and
other facts, the application states that
the jury convicted all of the defendants
not knowing which had done the deed.
Mr. Frank Stewart, a young man who
was raised a few miles south of York,
ville, and who has been at Huntsville,
Ala., for some time past was killed in
a barroom in that town Saturday
night. From such information as can
be gathered, Mr. Stewart was the innocent
victim of a crazy drunkard. The
drunkard came into the bar and began
firing his pistol at everybody in sight.
A bullet struck Mr. Stewart in the
heart and killed him instantly. The
crazy man was shot by the barkeeper
and was taken to the hospital seriously
wounded. The body of Mr. Stewart was
brought home and entered in the Yorkville
cemetery on Wednesday.
An Investigation into the books of J.
B. Long, deceased, late treasurer of
Horry county, reveals the fact that
there is a shortage of $4,143.73. This is
divided as follows: State tax $789.56^
county, $1,510.22; special, $453.68, and
school $1,390.25. The bond of the treasurer
is good for the amount and action
will be instituted on it to recover. No
explanation is given as to hov th^
I shortage occurred, though Mr. Long is
claimed to have believed at his death
that the office had been robbed, and
this may account for it. +
As the result of an inquest held
Friday by Coroner Black over the
dead body of Ansel Arnold, who was
found dead in the woods near his
home in Granville, Thursday night,
I the jury returned the following verdict:
"The deceased, Ansel Arnold,
came to his death as the result of a
gun shot wound inflicted by Perry
Tnhn Pnrtpr Jesse Har
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rison and others as accessories thereto."
In the Supreme Court In Columbia
the appeal of Adams , a white man
of Colleton county, was argued. ^
Adams killed another white man and
was sentenced to be hanged but the
sentence was stayed by an appeal.
The case possessed unusual interest
from the fact that a white man has
been sentenced to death in this State,
something that has not happened in
South Carolina for many a year.
On Thursday almost the entire real
estate of the late Col. John L. Toung
was sold at auction, in order that a
proper division might be made between
the children, this being considered by
the administrators as the best and most
convenient way to settle the estate. Indeed
it proved a most excellent way for
they realized something like <35,000 out
of the sale. This is probably the biggest
estate ever put upon the block there
and on account of its location it
broueht a good price.
The boiler and shaving room at theplant
of the Carolina Lumber and
Manufacturing Company in Chesterfield
county was destroyed Friday afternoon.
By heroic effort on the part
of the employes the fire was confined
to that part of the plaint alone. The
loss will be about <1,000, and is coverered
by insurance. This will cause a
shut down for a week or ten days.
The case of M. M. Turner, who was
in Yorkvllle some- %
cuu1ujiih.-u vj j?..
time ago because of an attempt to
wreck a southbound train at Catawba
river, has at last been settled so far
as that county is concerned. After the
commitment of Turner it developed
that he was of unsound mind and also
that he was from another State. The
authorities could do nothing yrith him
but send him back to North Carolina.
In the Court of Common Pleas In
Laurens the jury rendered a verdict
of $2,000 in favor of S. G. McDaniel
against the C. & W.C. Railroad Company.
The suit was for $10,000 damage
alleged to have been sustained in the
wrecking of a crank car at Fountain
Inn while McDaniel was in the employ
of the company.
By the will of the late Charles Logan
the city of Columbia receives legacies,
aggregating no less than $60,000. Th?
Columbia hospital and 8t Peter's Catholic
church each receive $M06.
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