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CHAPTER III.
A FA1IILX DINNER PARTT.
The dining-room at Holdenhnrst
Hall was a large, sombre apartment.
The floor was of oak, uneven through
age. and perilously slippery, and the
walls of Duteli oak panelling, relieved
here and there by portraits in oils of
horses and dogs. Four windows did
not admit sufficient light for the room,
and on the spacious hearth no tire
couid be made large enough for comfort
in winter. The centre was u:cupied
by an enormous table, supported
by legs about ten inches shorter
than those with which a modern dining
tabic is furnished, and round it
were ranged thirty-two chairs, fifteen
at either side and one at each end?
cumbrous structures of oak and em
bossed leather, mounted on wheels.
- luueed. 1 never look at this table without
recalling the ludicrous aspect presented
by our friend Major Armstrong,
of the Suffolk Yeomanry, when dining
.with us. Major Armstrong stands six
feet four, and the distance from his
plate to his mouth is so great that
.when he is engaged with the former
it appears almost as if he were digging
the ground with his fork. A large
sideboard, loaded with silver, completed
the furniture of the room.
When 1 entered, it was at once apparent
that this was a special occasion.
The table was lighted by more
candles, and spread somewhat more
luxuriously than usual, and, infallible
sign! old .lohu. our one indoor manservant.
had on his yellow silk waistcoat
?a venerable and conspicuous article
of his attire which 1 remembered from
*" * mfonor lvnt * nnvw ho.
HI)> v*l < iJl'M jnmuv. j , www umu uv. iv* vv.
fore known him to wear except on
Sundays?and was moving about busily
between tlie sideboard aud ibe table.
I disturbed m# relations iu an examination
they were making of the
quaintly carved mantelpiece. My fatliei
at once stepped towards me. anil
taking my hand iu his own, led me
towards a beautiful and very elaborately
dressed lady, saying:
"Permit me to introduce' my son.
Ernest, this lady is your autit Gertrude."
Now though in the first blush of my
youth I bad suffered from overmuch
self-consciousness, I had flattered myself
of late that I had reasoned myself
out of that malady, and was as selfpossessed
as a young man of nineteen
need be. Vain delusion! Wnether it
was the striking beauty of my aunt,
the splendor of her dress ttnd jewels,
or my intense surprise at Hading her
a woman of a: most thirty, whom I
had mentally pictured as about fifteen
years older than that, I know not: but
certain it is? I had never felt so awk,v\V'd
aud fcolish before. I cannot
quitb remember what I said, but I
believe a few disconnected words escaped
my lips to the effect that I was
very pleased to make her acquaintance.
v.
My aunt noticed my confusion, and
wuu aumiraoie tact enucavoreu 10
allay it. "I am sure 1 am much gratified
to see you and your father," she
said in a sol'c voice. "My husband has
often talked to me of you both, and of
his old home in England. Your house
is perfectly delightful, and I long to
see more of it. You must show mc
all over it when you have time."
Iteplyiug that nothing could give me
greater pleasure, and that I would do
so to-morrow if she was sufficiently
rested to undertake the task, I shook
hands with my uncle and felt rather
more at my ease. ;
My father having taken his seat at
the head of the table with his sister
and I on the right, and his brother on
his left. John removed the covers, and
dinner was 6erved.
"No." said uncle San. addressing
my father, "the change is not all in
myself as you suggest, tLoucb of
course a man's ideas modify and expand
a good deal in twenty years,
especially if his affairs aro extensive
and he mixes much with business
miuu. x'csuiveiy, 1 uetieve wnat i nave
old you. that Englishmen are vastly
altered from Trliat taey were when I
lived among them. They are :.ot so
enterprising; tlicy seem to lack go and
grit, and have falien into a slow way.
Everything in Er~land is depressed?
capitalists alraid to invest, laborers
without work to Co. Coming frci
J,ondo_i to-day, we caw a man and a
boy with two horses plowing a Celd.
Why, the seen'; would serve for an
illustration to one cf Pope's pastorals.
No wonder that farming in England
don't pay when you tickle and scratch
the earth in such primitive fashion:
And while the laborers arc killing
limn in llii.l wr mill1 lr><?ieli 1 nrc orn
talking about small i'arns and allotments
for laborers. Bosh, my <k?ar
sir. bosL! Vv'hat is wanted i.-. f<5r ai
least a hundred landowners in each
county to form a trust, and to employ
tuoderL machinery in cultivating their
aggregated lands?that is to say, a
farm of tolerable size. By-tlie-by,
what is the acreage of this placci"
"Two thousand aeres."
"A mere potato patch! I have a Vt
twenty-five times as large, as good or
as better than the best soil in England,
arstu]Hal|j
'ALTER BLOQMFIELD j
OBEET EOSXES'S So??*'
within one hundred miles or Chicago
?acquired it in one deal.*'
"Are the large farms in America
very profitable?" asked my father.
"No; the most unprofitable things in
the States; still, they do pay a beggarly
fifteen or twenty per cent. Nobody
loses money by them."
"And the laborers?of course they
are paid more liberally than in England."
"Liberally! What has liberality to
do with a business arrangement? The
laborer sells his labor for the most
money he can get for it, and the capitalist
sells his money for the most
labor he can get for it. Midway between
these antagonistic forces is
found the natural rate of wages. An
American laborer does better for himself
than an English laborer, if that
is what you mean."
I observed my uncle closely while
he talked to my father, lie was a tall
man, slightly built, with regular fea'
tures. fresh complexion, and keen,
restiess eyes. His manuor was very
earnest, and he had a habit of looking
bard at the person to whom he was
speaking. His style was too aggressive
to please me, but I considered
him a very clever man, and was much
interested in all that he said. Personally,
he -slightly resembled my
father- in nthpr rpsnppts flip two nipn
were absolutely different. My father
was a man of few words, and his subdued
manner showed that he regarded
the doings of men rather as a spectator
than as an actor among them.
My uncle and lather continuing to
talk together upon subjects in which
neither my aunt nor 1 could join, it
occurred to me that the lady was neglected;
and I deliberated upon the
expediency of opening a conversation
with her. Failing to think oi anything
more appropriate, I asked her how she
liked England, but was so nervous in
putting the question that I knocked
the contents of a salt cellar into her
lap.
This unlucky accident afforded me
an unexpected relief. My aunt accepted
my apologies so gracefully, and
with such charmiug good humor, that
1 was enabled from that moment to
converse with her like a rational being.
Looking at her somewhat more
observantly than I had done before,
i nouceu mat sue uau a prolusion oi
brown, wavy hair, that her light blue
eyes were large and expressive, her
features beautiful, and her figure admirably
proportioned. Altogether, I
thought her the handsomest woman
1 had ever seen.
"1 arrived In England less than a
week ago,'' she said, "and have seen
very little of your country. I like
London immensely, what 1 know of
it at Kensington; but I have not even
visited your Museum there yet. When
we return to London at the end of the
week, I hope to present my introductions
and eo shout ji litth* with mv
sister.''
"Have you a sister in England?"
asked my father, looking up.
"Yes,"' said uncle Sam. answering
for his wife; "didn't you know that':
Mrs. Truman has a young sister who
lives with us?her only relation in the
world excepting we three. 1 thought
I told you about her."
"No,"' said iny father; "I have never
heard of her. Why didn't you bring
her with you to Holdenhurst?"
Constance was more unset by the
voyage even than. I." remarked my
aunt, "and did not feel equal to coming
here."
"You should know Connie," said my
uncle, addressing me; "she's a smart
girl."
I made no reply to this; hut my aunt
tilled up the gap by asking if I was
at liberty to return to London with
them, that they might Lave the benefit
of my knowledge of the metropolis.
I knew of no objection to the proposal
except that my knowledge of London
was very limited?an objection at
cnce overruled.
"Taking him all rcund. I prefer old
.uarsa to an:' man i ever met; not oecause
he me one of his daughters
and half ci" his fortune, though
that is something, but because it was
he who removed the English scales
from lay eyes and caused me to loot
at the world like r.n American."
"And is Mr. Marsh dead"'" inquired
my father.
"Very c.eac\" said my uncle. "He
has been balancing a marble colttma
on his chest in Greenwood Cemetery
for three years or more.*'
My father and I were shocked at the
levity cf vxcle Sam, and our faces
must have indicated our thoughts, for
aunt Gertrude remarked:
"You must not mind all that try husj
band says. His acts are more ChrisI
tiau than his words. I cannot re|
form his manner, so must apologize
| for him."
"Well, you see,"' said uncle Sam,
continuing, "too strongly marked
Christianity spoils a mau of business.
I could cite several instances. After
i all, what are called honest men are
| merely thieves who lack the courage
j of their convictions?feeble folks who
i tremble at taking the shortest way
to the accomplishment of their purposes.
1 know many a man In New
York accounted a paragon of virtue
who is as full of hypocrisy g> ever
was Holdeuhurst Church oft M. Sunday.
I like to deal with a man who
I know will overreach me if he can,
and who expects as much of mc; matters
are simplified, 'and the trade
moves quickly."
"When you lived in England you
had no such ideas. If I remember
rightly, you used to road poetry, and
were inclined to he moody and sentimental,
as Ernest is now."
"True; hut I am sorry to hear that
your sou is stricken that way. Eook
to him; watch him. So long as lie
confines himself to reading poetry
there is some hope of him; 'tis when
lw? nttnmnte In write IlfietfV that V0U
must put ) im into a straitjacket. j?.e1
me take Mm with me to New Tork
at the end of the summer; or, bettci
still, take him there yourself. A temperature
low enough to freeze Tennyson's
brook, and a careful daily
study of market prices in Wall Street,
will make a man of him inside ol
three months. What do you say to
that, Ernest?"
"I don't know what to say, uncle,
only that I should very muck like to
visit America."
"A good answer. You shall certainly
do so: and your father with you, 1
hope. We have a brown stone house
on East Thirty-Fourth street, close to
Fifth Avenue, and a frame cottage
at Newport. Rhode Island, both telephonically
connected with my offices
in the Mills Building. We have also
a private railroad car, which 1 would
like you to compare with those rattraps
your Great Eastern Company
calls carriages. Our chef is as good as
can be found outside Deimonieo's.
Come and stay with us, and we will
feed you upon oysters, blue fish, canvas-back
ducks, terrapin, CAnadiaD
frogs, and sweet potatoes, won't we.
Gertrude?"
"Of course, we shall be very pleased
indeed to see you. and will do "Till in
our power to make you com for table,"
said my aunt.
.uy iaiuer manned ins guesis; nut i
noticed that he carefully avoided
committing himself to cither an acceptance
or a rejection of this iuvhn.
tion. Before we adjourned to h*
drawing-room it was arranged that i
was to devote the following morni
to showing my aunt over fhe house
and grounds, while my father and uncle
discussed a certain business matter.
We were all to meet again at
luncheon, and 1 was afterwards to
exhibit the documents my lather and
I had been at so much pains to bring
to light. My uncle, having approved
of these arrangements, ignited a
match on the heel of his hoot, and
applied the flame to a cigar, from
which he proceeded to puff clouds of
smoke larger and denser than I should
have thought was possible to produce
by such means.
CHAPTER IV.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
There is a peculiar condition of inind
incident to some persons whose correspoudeuce
is small, which induces
them to carefully examine the envelope
of a letter addressed by a strange
hand?an indescribable fascination in
speculating as to who the writer may
be and why he has written. It is seldom
that this self-imposed douht lasts
longer than is necessary to make out
the writing and postmark, and then
the letter is opened?a thing which
would have been done l<y a busy or
practical man at the instant of its* receipt.
Influenced by some such feeling, I
delayed to open the copper box which
I had taken front the oak chest in the
library, though the nature of its contents
strongly excited my curiosity.
An instinctive belief that the contents
were valuable had taken a firm hold of
my imagination, though 1 could not in
any degree support such belief by an
appeal to reason. The contents of
both the oak chests had doubtless been
examined by bygone members of my
family at least as often as the property
had passed from father to son, and
probably with greater frequency. It
is true the chests had not been opened
for a quarter of a century or so: but
then the lid of the copper box bore
the date
This 123d daye Oct.. 1071.
and I could not do such violence to my
credulity as to suppose that the contents
had been suffered to remain sa
many years unexamined?which made
strongly against the presumption that
they were of any value. But the
strongest human hopes are oftenest
iw?lv?it liniili till) tnnst IllKl.llllo fnim.
datious. 1 had certainly suffered the
hope to grow upon ine that it had been
reserved fcr me to stake a valuable
discovery: and knowing that my
chances of doing anything of the sort
were the most shadowy conceivable,
I delayed to open the box. contenting
myself for the present by carefully
examining its exterior.
To be continued.
India-Rubber Cor?ct*.
The corset, as all the world knows,
; ? au essential detail of the costume of
the modern civilized woman. The apparatus,
iu its present stage of evolution,
has gained the wholesale contempt
and detestation of all physiologists
as an outrage upon the organs of
respiration, circulation and digestion.
Lovely woman, however, has carried
her fashion a step'nearer breaking
point by inventing corsets of indiarubber
designed for bathing purposes.
The idea of thus converting what
should be a most wholesome and
health-giving recreation into a field for
exploiting various kinds of irrational
dress could have been engendered only
in the brain of a latter-day fashionable
woman.?Loudon Medical Press
and Circular. . _ - ? -
I
: COULD NOT AGREE.,
Coal Operators Ask for 15 Per Cent s
Reduction ?
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THE MINERS MAY GO ON A STRIKE '<
ti
The Conference Failed to Reach An ^
n
Agreement and An Adjournment e
Seemed to Be Imminent. ^
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i Indianapolis Special.?When the ?
conference of the miners and opera- p
tors of the central competitive dis- p
trlct opened Tuesday W. S. Bassett, 11
an Ohio delegate, moved that the ^
scale now in effort be re-adopted
The Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and wes- o
tern Pennsylvania operators voted no. ?
and the miners from the same States 0
yes. President Mitchell then present- c,
ed the demand of the miners, and F. R
L. Robbing made tho demands for "
the operators of a 13 per cent, reduction
In wages. He said: "Pres- a
ent conditions demand a reduction in ^
wages. We ask you to arbitrate as "c
to what your share of the reduction n
In the price of coal shall be." ^r. ^
Robbins said he and the ones he rep- j:
resented would never sign a scale
unless it be a reduction In wages. p
President Mitchell replied to Mr. n
p
Robbins, saying that for his part he
knew what he was going to do. Thi3 K
statement was interpreted by the convention
to mean the demands of the 11
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miners wuum utr auaui^u tv. ^
Tho remark was applauded by the v
miners. A recess was then taken. 2
During the recess, F. L. Bobbins, *
leader of the operators, said: o
"It looks like a strike. The opera- b
tors will make no concessions?abso- "
lutely none. It is a reduction or
strike." L
President. Mitrhell said: '"On Mr. p
Robbins' statement before the con- ..
vent ion it does look like a strike."
W. S. Bogle, of Indiana, made the j,
closing address for the operators. The s
question was then called on the adop- r
tion of Mr. Robbins' resolution for a v
reduction of 15 per cent in wages, y
On motion of Mr. Robbins, the mattor
was referred to the scale commit- 7
tee, together with tho entire question v
of fixing a scale. Tho convention \ v
then ;uljourned until Thursday. ii
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Want Investigation.
Washington. Special.?An investiga- !
tion of the Postofflce Department by a
special committee of the House of
Representatives is being urged by the
minoilty members of the House com- v
mittee on postoffires and post roads. "
A resolution to this end, introduced in n
the House January 5th last by Repre- '
sentative Hay, Democrat, of Virginia, l:
was duplicated by Representative Cow- j"'
herd. Democrat, of Missouri. Mr. Cow- *
herd is a member of the postofflce com- f
Inittee. Mr. Hay is not, and the re- 11
introduction of the resolution is re- f,
parded as a move to bring the matter s
I to a head in the near future. '
Naval Appropriation.
Washington. Special.?After only one #
session of the committee on naval af- H
fairs the naval appropriation bill was ,
Tuesday reported to the Senate. Comparatively
few changes were made in }
the brll as passed by the House though j
the provision for a naval training sta^
tion on the Great Lakes was ag i Incorporated
in the measure. The in- "
creases recommended by the Seriate
aggregate $"27,000. making the total ?
$97,001.73$. v
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Postofflce Blown Up. ^
Washington. Sneclal.?The Postoffice 0
Department has been officlaly notified h
that the postoffice at Humphreys. Ark., j,
has been blown up. and the St. Louis f,
division of postofflce inspectors has <(
been notified to make an investigation
immediately. The advices to the De- ,j
partmcnt give no details of the affair, tj
which press reports attribute to the
dissatisfaction with the negro post- 0
master and his predecessor, also a n
negro. n
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German Steel Interests. s<
Berlin, By Cable.?After long and (
tedious negotiations the German Steel
Syndicate has finally been organized.
The original plan was for a syndicate i!
of the entire German steel industry
and was first set in motion at Frank- ^
fort-on-the-Main in the summer of ^
19C2: but. after long haggling, this fi
project was found to be impossible, h
Negotiations were then begun, and now
have been concluded, among 26 of
the largest concerns in the country.
The smaller manufacturers whose out- n
put ranges from 1,000,000 to 1.500.000 .
tons annually were excluded. The
agreement extends to June 30, 1907.
The Syndicate will begin activity at si
once. p
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Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.?Coi. i ^
Charles Kahlo. of Indianapolis, Ind.,
representative of the National Associa- y
tion of Manufacturers, headed by D
M. Parry, killed himself in the Hotel
Imperial here Tuesday. He was in the tl
United States consular service under ?
President Harrison end has held posi- "
tions of State and trust in Indiana- 1
poiis. No reason is assigned for his
| ac.t.
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Cruiser Sails for Home. ^
Philadelphia. Pa.. Special.?The new ^
Turkish cruiser Madjidia, built at q.
Cramps' shipyard, sailed today for
Constantinople. Cn the way down the p(
Delaware river sh* stopped at Fori , p
MifTln, and took aboard 100 tons oi j.
ammunition. The cruiser then pro- ;
ceeded to Norfolk, to be placed in com- !
mission, after which she will eave for ! H
her gun trials off the Delaware capes, ci
A PECULIAR SITUATION
'axes on Franchises flay Not E
Available.
A peculiar and somewhat alarmin
ituation arose last week when tt
nmptroller general examined the at
nown as the franchise tax law passe
t the recent session of the legislatur
t was found that it cannot go into e
set for one year.
The act provides that every corpon
ion organised under the laws of th
tate to do business for profit sha
:ake a report to the comptroller get
ral during the month of Februar;
iving the necessary statistics conceri
ag its condition. Besides these, a
ailroad companies, express companie
treet railway companies, navigatio
ompanies, water works companie
ower companies, light companies. tel<
hone companies, telegraph companie
arlor, dining and sleeping car con
anies, domestic or foreign, shall als
lake reports.
Corporations organized in this Stal
ther than those mentioned special!
hove, shall pay to the State treasun
y April 1st an annual license fee <
ne-half mill upon ever dollar paid i
anital stock. The foreign corporatior
lentioned shall pay a fee of one-ha
lill on each dollar of the properl
alue owned by them.
The State board of assessors sha
scertain the gross receipts of the:
ompanies for business done in tl
rate and for the fiscal year next pr<
eding and this shall be taxed thr<
lills on the dollar, to be paid befoi
fay 1. The penalty for non-complian<
? $500 and $100 per day after the tin
imit has expired.
The provisions of the act do not ai
ly to insurance, fraternal, beneficial <
lutual protection associations or con
anies.
The comptroller general yesterdz
ent the following:
"I find that the 'act to require tl
ayment of annual license fees by co
orations doing business in this Sta
nd reports to the comptroller genera
.as approved by the governor on tl
8th of February. 1904. The ac pr<
Ided in section 1 for certain repor
o be made annually during the monl
f February by corporations doir
usiness in this btate, to the comptro
?r general, upon the filing of such r
orts the corporation is required
ay by the first day of April or tl
rst day of May in each year, certa:
apital stock or property of such co
oration. The time limited in the a
or the filing of these annual repor
as expired for the year 1S04, and I d
ire to be advised whether I can no
equlre such returns to be filed for tl
ear 1904. or whether I shall have i
ait until February, 1905, before r
uiring any reports under this ac
'here is no provision in the act statir
hen it shail go into effect, and as
as not approved until February 2
i will not go into effect until Marc
1."
The attorney general has not y
cmlered an opinion on the subject, bi
: will doubtless be along the lines i
(en. Jones' letter.
The decision of the attorney gener
ill be awaited with interest, for upc
depends more than establishing tl
lere validity of the act. The State hi
een appropriating every year for tl
jst three about $40,000 more than tl
eceipts from taxes, and the approprii
ions this year are about $114,000 j
xcess of the estimated income fro
lie ad valorem tax. So unless tl
ranchise tax be declared operative, tl
late will be about $100,000 behind th
ear.?Columbia State.
Wants Back home.
Gov. Heyward recently received tl
illnuMntr fnlotrro m
.' lunula 1VIVOIUIU.
"All my property and my people ai
1 South Carolina. Will you grant n
rivilege of returning there. Answ<
nmediately.
(Signed) "J. B. BENNETT."
The governor declined to grant tt
equest.
Ben Bennett is a white man. who t<
ether with Burrell Thomas, was coi
lcted in Hampton county in 1806. <
lanslaughier. the victim being or
ohn Lightsey. He was brought to th
tate penitentiary to serve a life seni
nee. but began to ask for pardoi
rst making application to gov. tiiiei
t. Senator Warren of Hampton i
jrwarding one of these appiicatior
? Gov. MoSweeney said that Gov. E
^rbe had told him that he would pai
on Bennett if it could be establish?
h.at it was not he who struck the fati
low. Many applications were receive!
ne signed by all the jury, except or
lan, all of the county officers, an
lany prominent citizens. Affidavit
ere also submitted by Preston Ugh
ey. the victim's brother, and W. f
rews. an eye witness, to th? effo<
iat Bennett was not the actual mm
erer.
At last Gov. McSweeney agreed tm
' Bennett would leave the Stat?. nev<
3 return, he would pardon him, and o
anuary 16. 1903. the uonvict was give
is liberty. He then left for his sister
ome in Georgia, about 400 miles av:a
rom the scene of the crime for whic
e had been convicted.
Converse College Commencement.
Spartanburg. Special.?The eon
lencemcrtt exercises at Converse Co
>go will be held on Sunday and.Mci
ny. May 29 and 30. The baccalaureai
erinon wll be preached by the Re
)r. J. .]. Tigert. of Nashville. Tenn.,
istinguished and eloquent divine <
he Methodist Episcopal Church. Soutl
lie annual address to the two literal
ocfeties will he delivered by Cc
lonnett H. Young, of Louisville. Kj
famous lawyer, noted for his el<
uenoe and literary attainments. I
tie Confederate army he played a coi
pinions prtrt in the struggle of tl
outh against the North. The gra<
unr.g ciass numueis n lut'uiucia.
New Corporations.
The secretary of state last week n
?ived an application from the Pari
fountain Land company of Greenvill
: increase its capital stock from $10
00 to $13,600.
The Horn-Bass company of Andei
jn changes its name to the Morrow
ass company. The capital stock i
>.000.
A charter was granted to the M. F
lartley company of Lexington, mei
intile in character. .
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* ninor Events of the Week In ? 5
l(* jj| Brief Form. m '
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is Treasurer of Barnwell Short.
II A shortagle of al $11,500 has
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bCtriL 1UU11U iU buc a*A.UUHl^ v/4. M. ?-r.
jJ Free, county treasurer of Barnwell
11 county. The investigation has been pros.
ceecling for some time, and Mr. E. B.
n Wilson of the comptroller general's office
has been at work on the books. In
s his, report az export he shows that ine
l- ba ances due the State, the school
10 funds, the dispensary profits, etc.,
,e amount to $41,245.10, while there is on
ly hand in bank $27,769.68. This leaves a
ir deficit of $11,475.42. It is not known yet
in what particular items the shortage
is existsIf
Gov. Heyward sent the following let:y
ter to Mr. Free:
"It having been officially reported to
11 me by Hon. A. W. Jones, comptroller .
ie general, under date of Feb. 29, 1904, 1
le have had a thorough examination
made of the books and accounts of E.
e D. Free, treasurer of Barnwell county.
[e "The investigation reveals a shorjt'e
age of $11,475.42. This investigation
10 covers the period of Mr. E. D. Free's
incumbency as county treasurer from
1898 to 1903, and down to February 8,
)r 1904.
"I herewith enclose for your information
the report of Mr. E. B. Wilson,
iy chief clerk in this office, all of which
is respectfully submitted for such acie
tion as your excellency may deem
J"" proper.
j, "The above evidence being satisfactory
to me. I, D. C. Heyward, governie
or of the State of South Carolina, by
virtue of the authority vested in me
by sections 398 and 340 of volume 1,
" civil code of laws of 1902, do hereby
ie , ? __
j" suspend yuu ?U> lyuuij bicaouici VL j^,
'" Barnwell county. South Carolina, such
suspension to be effective and of force
from the date hereof, as provided in
?e the aforaaid sections of the civil
in code."
r"
jg- Deadly Work of Brass Tack.
e- Marion, Special.?Mrs. B. B. Foxw
worth is dead as the result of picking
16 a fever blister with a brass pin. She
g? was apparently in good health when, a
,t small blister appeared on her lip and
ig she picked it with a pin, after which $.
it it festered and blood poisoning fol9.
lowed. She suffered a great deal unh
til death, relieved her. Mrs. Foxworth
et was Miss Leola Baker, a daughter of
jt Mr. B. B. Baker, and lived in the
of Centenary neighborhood, about 13
miles from Marion. She was a nobleal
hearted. Christian woman. Her unex- '
pected death has cast a gloom over the
ls community and caused sorrow in man)
ie heart*.
ie
s* Pal mette Briefs.
in
m As a result of examination by the
ie comptroller general and his expert, a
shortage of $11,475.42 has been dis
is covered in the books of E. D. Free,
county treasurer of Barnwell county,
and he has been suspended by Govie
ernor Heyward pending action of the
grand jury. The shortage covers &
re period of six years, from 1898 to 1S94,,
ie and it was only after the clearest ex;r
animation that the report was made,
it is a coincidence that Free is the son
of A. F. Free, the former treasurer of .
ie that county, who died leaving a considerable
shortage and against whose
i- bond a suit was entered and about $7,i
500 recovered.
John Myrth, a young negro 17 years
ie ol' age. was struck by the Seaboard's ?
|e Florida limited at Norths Monday and
l" irstantly killed. He had been sent by
his father to bring a wagon load of
r" fertilizers and was standing in & store
n a few moments. The team was standis
ing on the other side of the track from
the store and as Myrth heard the whisrT
tie of the train he tried to cross the
''J track to stand at the horses' heads.
1 The train, however, was runnirig at
full speed and he was struck by the
pilot of the engine.
^ In Gray Court. Laurens county, Tuest_
day morning. George and Frank Year\
gin. children of Mrs. William Yeargin,
t were playing with an old shotgun. The
i"- gun wa3 discharged and Frank Yeargin
was badly shot in the shoulder,
t The doctors extracted a number of
?r shot, pieces of wadding and clothing
u from the wound. The boys are abou$
n ten and twelve years old. Mrs. Yeargin
s is a widow. There is much regret over
' T the distressing accident. It is not
h known yet how serious is the boy's
wounds.
On Kessler's farm, near Beaufort,
Saturday night about 8 o'ciock Henry
j. King, colored, shot and killed his sls.
ter, Lettice Williams, while carelessly
handling a pistol in a small room
where four women and two men had
te been seated telling "dream stories."
v Realizing that he had killed his sister,
King rushed from the house and
a has not been seen since. He is said
to have greatly feared arrest.
Two large heavy double-track 'cars
y of the Consolidated company came toil.
gether in head-on collision on the surr
burban line about five miles from the
" "ity of Charleston Monday morning
1" shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting in inn
jury to the motorman and a passenger
o fthe northbobund car. smashing the
*e \?lass vestibules and otherwise damaging
the cars.
New Corporations.
>- The secretary of state last week reis
ceived an application from the Paris
le Mountain Land company of Greenville
,- tc increase its capital stock from $10,- (
000 to ?l&,bUU. A
r- The Horn-Bass company of Anderr
ron changes its name to the Morrowis
Bass company. The capital stock is
$3,000.
t. A charter was granted to the M. R.
- Hartley company of Lexington, mer?
cantile in character. ;,v ?