The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 06, 1905, Image 2
Going' Gunnfr
By Kate Thorn.
a young man does no
Whe goes g-.nning.
He says it Is rare sport
? ? zest with which he prepa
W get ready, with all his wor
SmI He hts to clean his
always needs a little tink
has to load it, and fire it off several i
women in the house, who have read of
they are almost afraid to look at the
Then he changes his boots, and tucks I
his shooting jacket tight, and settles hi
aDd whistles to his dog. and tells all tl
coming, and off he tramps, with the aii
elephant, at least, as a trophy of the ft
See how strongly and bravely he st
bearing. So smart; so well able to co
wild hyena. And yet, i!T his mother hat
the kindling wood this morning, or hel
have been so tired that after she aeai
ashamed that she had asked him.
The young man who goes gunning
deal of ground to go over to get a littl
have emigrated. Foxes are busy hum
themselves time to let our gunner pr
Our young man tramps through s^
and tears his trouseTS, and scratches, hi
over a root put there on purpose to uj
nose as he comes down, and breaks-' hi
mud. and says a few large words, and
such glorious fun. How he does enjoy
By and by he spies a squirrel. 1
him. Poor little squirrel! Enjoying tlv
v pie he will help make! or a soup! or a
Up goes the gun! tang goes the sh
tree, chattering over our gunner's crs
squirrels that that fellow with a gret
practice with a pop-gun.
At last, hungry and tired, the youn;
bad job, and says it is not a grood day fc
body's orchard, and gets his pockets fi
goes along, and thinks he will go to the
spori.
And he shoulders his gun and sta
sumptive squirrel on his way. with mc
air, which proclaims him to have been
When he gets In sight of homo he
carries the squirrel so as to make the
he tells his friends what a splendid tim
the most of the game, and the dog devc
expected to eat another, and our gunr
a 4og ravenous.
It will take most of the next day
wtfl tell you that he has letters to writ'
stiff and sore from yesterday's tramp t<
and the smell of liniment and arnica a!
in the country to disguise.?Xew York
& ?
Massage Youi
By Orison Swett Mi
mmONT let go cf love, or 1ot<
D wrinkles." Tf the mind is <
helpful, char itable sentime
ami vigorous msmy years
dfma up and emptied of human
heart 11181 i5i kept "*arm b
by prejudice1, fear or anxi<
A French beauty used to have hers
night, in order to keep her mnscles elas
of preserving youthful elasticity is comii
love thoughts, beauty thoights, cheerful
it imn ?i/% T>ot rt- a rears to coi
put as much variety and lr many intere
and lack of mental occuioatlon are gre
cities, in the midst of many Interests ;
and good looks, as a rule, much longer i
places who get no variety into their 11
their narrow dally round of monotonous
mind. Insanity is an alarmingly Increa
lives on the farm. Ellen Terry and S;
ageless brightness of the stars," attrlbi
of thought and scene, and mental occ
farmers who live so much outdoors and
than the average brain-worker, do not 1
7 Beware the E
By Hugli De Selinc<
EARS are but a fool's me
Y bring caution more often I
unreality cf joy. A man 1j
i?? means tha: he has set up
by the side of what thinf
He then commits the folly
to life. He clambers into
line the way, curls up within and smile
pressing on to some end, no matter w
the clouds and the birdr and the trees,
-s one another, breathing deeply of the i
beloved, until at last they are made on
liver, grows torpid without exercise; a
shelter, a decay from which he is rele
There are too many shelters.?By H
Cost of the War.
It is obvious that a war conducted
on a system of such magnitude as
that in the East must be terribly cost*
Jy. From the latest official figures
given out in Russia it appears that
the Czar's Government has spent, up !
to the end of 1904, over $300,000,000.
This is, of course, exclusive of the
loss represented by her fleet which is
out of action and by the artillery,
which has been captured by the Japanese.
These two items have been
estimated in round figures at $60,000,000,
so that the cost of the war
to Russia has been practically $7,500,000
per week since the war began.
As regards the expenditure of the
Japanese, the Mikado's financiers
have calculated that to March 31 of
this year the war will have cost, ineluding
Initial outlays, $288,000,000, or
$5,000,600 a week. On this basis it
will he seen that the war has cost
in twelve months over $625,000,000.
The total cost to this country of the
??-v * war. it will be remem
SOU 111 nmw>" -be
red, was estimated at $1,140,000,000.
It is fairly safe to assume that
for so long as the present struggle
lasts the expenditure will continue
an something like the same gigantic
scale, draining the resources of both
countries to the utmost.
Fable of the Hen.
Once upon a time (very recently)
a hen went upon a strike and refused
to lay. Other hens followed her example,
and the scarcity of hen fruit
which resulted caused eggs to retail
for something like fifty cents per
iosen. In other words, strictly fresh
?ggs laid by scab hens were worth
lve cents each in the shell. Even
Some men never warder from their
own firesides because .they dwell in
steam-heated flats.
He who boasts that be never kissed
a girl may be telling i.be truth, but
nobody envies him.
Fear lot the bold man who uses his
tongue instead of a sword.
Beware of the man who speaks of
the shortcomings of his neighbor with
tearful eye^
To save your life you couldn't make
a girl who Is just engaged believe that
all men are only ordinary human be-1
Ings with a good appetite and an easy
conscience.
it know what eTse to do with hlmsert, j.
, and we suppose it must be, from the
res for it. It takes him half a day to
nenkind to wait on him.
gun first. A gun is like a fiddle?it
ering every time you use it. Then he
times, to the infinite terror of all the ,
such terrible accidents from guns that
picture of one, lest it should explode. ;
tis pantaloons inside them, and buttons j
s hat, and buckles on his cartridge belt
le lookers-on that he wishes they were
r of one who expects to bring home an
ray.
eps, and how upright and gallant is his
nquer anything, from a chipmunk to a
1 asked this same young man to split j
p Biddy with the washboiler, he would
d him explain It she would have been j
;. in these Eastern States, has a g6od
e game. Tigers are not plenty. Lions I
ting tame turkeys, and cannot afford
actice on thero.
.vamp, and over hill; he wets his feet,
s face with the brambles, and stumbles
>set the unwary traveler, and barks his
s watch chain, and gets plastered with
picks himself up, and says gunning is
it! I
fle squats "behind a tree and watches ;
e last nut he is ever to crack! What a j
fricassee!
ot! The squirrel is twenty feet up in a
ick shooting, and telling all the other
>n jacket on had better go home and :
<* a-n rvhn pimnine eoes gives it up as a
>r game, and he makes his way to some- ,
nil of apples, and munches them as he J
Adirondacks next summer for a moth's
rts for home, and captures a very coV
>st of his tail gone, and a discourage?
the escaped prey of some foraging cat. j
; braces up, and whistles cheerilv, and
most show of what tail it has left, and
e he has had. and how he gave the dog
iurs his supper that night as if he never
ler says that wild meat always makes
for our friend to rest and recruit. He
e: but the initiated know that he is too
d be able to sit down without groaning,
bout him is too strong for all the musk
Weekly.
Mind.
arden.
e of romance: they are amulets against
constantly bathed in love, and filled with
>nts toward all, the body will keep fresh !
longer than it will if the heart is dried
sympathy by a selfish, greedy life. The |
y love is never frozen by age or chilled !
ous thought
elf massaged with mutton tallow, every
stic and her body supple. A better way
lg into vogue?massaging the mind with
I thoughts and young ideals,
mt, look forward instead of backward;
sts into your life as possible. Monotony
at age-producers. Women who live in
and great variety, preserve their youth
than women who live in remote country
vas and who have no interests outside
duties, which require no exercise of tEe
sing result of the monotony of women's
arah Bernhardt "wlio seem to have the
ite their youthfulness to action, change
upation. It is wortti noting, too, uun
in an environment much more healthful
live so long as the latter.?Success,
f &
asy Shelter.
surt.
astrre for youth, -which Is divine; they
than wisdom, and a certain belief in the
5 quickly disillusioned, which commonly j
his own idea of what things should be i
js are, and ^ulks forever at the result. ,
' of becoming old, and prefers existence
one or other of the many shelters that !
s pityingly at the young of all ages j
hat, alive to the beauty of the sky and
alive even to the beauty to be seen in i
lir of strength, living and loving and j
e with nature. But the heart, like the i
gradual decay comes to the man in the ;
ased, much against his will, by death. ;
ugh De Silinoourt
cold storage eggs, which were deadly j
ovnintivo anH had tn he handled with I
care, brought thirty cents.
The people got together and remonstrated
with the hens, but it did no
good. Finally an arbiration committee
waited on the hens and tried to
persuade them to go back to work.
The arbitration committee pointed out
that only the rich could afford to eat
eggs, but the hens Tefused to return
to work. The arbitration committee
then told the hens that If they persisted
in the strike they would bring
race suicide on themselves.
Then a wise old hen arose and
spoke as follows:
"In the spring when us hens wish
to sit the people give us porcelain
doorknobs to sit on. If porcelain
doorknobs are as good as eggs to
sit on, they ought to be as good to
eat as eggs. Tell the p?>ple to eat
porcelain door-knobs.'
The arbitration committee oould not
answer this argument, and departed
in tears.
Moral?Deceit will come home to
roost.?Boston Post
Birds Are Good Fathers.
Bad fathers are rare among birds.
Usually the male rivals his mate in
love for their children. The carrier
pigeon?in fact, so do nearly all
birds?feeds his mate while she is on
the nest. More than that, the crow,
the most dismal of all birds, often sits
on the eggs in the nest in order that
Mrs. Crow may have an hour or so
of relaxation and gossip among the
other Mrs. Crows of her acquaintance.
The blue marten, the black-coated
gull, the great blue heron and the
black vulture all do the same.?Louievine
Post.
Some 'men were born about a hundred
years too soon to suit their
neighbors.
Twenty-four men were killed in the
mine explosion at Frederick, W. Va.
A staging around the United States
ship Charleston, in drydock at Newport
News, broke and 10 workmen
were hurt.
Rapidly melting snows and heavy
rains have caused all the Eastern rivers
to rise, the Allegheny at Pittsburg
i being higher than at any time since
1865, and much damage has already j
been done. Towns along the Susque- I
hanna are threatened by a disastrous
flood.
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Governor Gives Ned Mack Time Foi
Further Investigation.
Columbia. Special.?Upon advice of
Solicitor Wilson, Gov. Heyward granted
the Manning negro, Ned Mack, who was
to hang this week, a respite to April
28 in order to have a commission pass
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upon the question of the negro's sanity
about which there is grave doubt
among many good people at Manning.
Governor Hayward has appointed Su
periutendent Babcock, of the state Hospital
for the Insane, as one member of
the commission and has asked Solicitor
Wilson to appoint the other two
members. Judge Klugh telegraphed
that he had no recommendation to
make, but Solicitor Wilson wired to
recommend a respite and in a letter
which followed the telegram he says
there is a strong impression at Manning
that the negro is insane and he
thinks that justice demands that this
impression be respected to the extent
of appointing a commission to investigate.
Greenwood Farmers Meet.
Greenwood. Special.?Messrs. Weston.
Hyatt and Smith addressed a large
and enthusiastic meeting here at the
court house Monday. The meeting was
composed of farmers and business men
of Greenwood, and they gave each
speaker the closest of attention and
frequently applauded them. The meeting
was called to order by County
Chairman J. M. Gaines. Mr. Weston
spoke fifst. As the secretary of the
State organization he showed some of
the things that had been done and offered
much encouragement. He was followed
by Mr. F. H. Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt is
the treasurer and also president of the
State Good Roads association. He spoke
very earnestly of the need of good
roads. Mr. E. D. Smith, the president
or the -State Cotton Growers' association.
made a most interesting and
forceful speech. He made a splendid
impression. Much applause was given
him and at the close of his speech many
were heard to say that it was one of
the best things heard in Greenwood in
a long time. The farmers have been
greatly encouraged in thenr work of
holding their cotton as a result of the
meeting.
Death of Mr. A. Cole Leyles.
T'nion. Special.?Hon. A. Cole Lyles
died Monday at his home near Carlisle,
of pneumonia, which succeeded an attack
of grip. At the time of his death
he was president of the County Cotton
Growers' association, to which office
he was elected February. 14, 1905.
and until last fall he had served for
six years as Union county's member
of the House of Representatives. Mr.
Lyles was born in December. 1849. at
Buckhead in Fairfield county. When
a boy he attended the common schools
and Kings Mountain Military academy,
but had to leave the latter before graduation
to go home to work on the
farm, an industry in which he was actively
engaged from tl*t time until
his death, owning a good plantation
near Carlisle. He was in 1877 married
to Miss Josephine Willey, and she and
two children, Mrs. R. G. Hill and a
son about 10 years old. survive him.
Though not a member. Mr. Lyles attended
the Presbyterian church. Mr.
Lyles was for many years actively associated
with the agricultural and political
interests of the county, and was
a prominent member of the farmers alliance
movement.
Dispensary Affairs.
The allotment of the dispensary
c/.Vinr>i mnnpv was made bv the Comp
troller General. The fund was divided
out among the counties of the State,
according to enrollment of pupils, after
what is known as the deficiency fund
was distributed. In any county where
the regular school funds do not amount
to $75 for each school, the poorer
schools are given enough out of the disp^teary
money to make up this $75. To
maae up these deficiencies this year has
required $9,552.53. In addition to this,
$100,023.08 was apportioned among the
schools according to enrollment. The
total enrollment is 288.353, the schools
receiving slightly over 43% cents per
scholar.
Chief Constable Hammett made his
report to the Governor Wednesday for
the quarter of the 1st of March. He
reports expenses of $15,909.11, paid
mostly In salaries to a force of 60 men.
Seizures were made as follows:
Whiskey?December, $1,824; number
of gallons, 1,216; January, $1,363.50;
gallons, 909; February, $358.12; gallons,
228.
Beer?December, value, $44.66; dozen.
89 1-3; January, $32.91; dozen, 95 5-6;
February. $29.08; dozen, 58 1-6. /
In addition to the above, there were
seized 31 stills, 3 teams, 756 gallons
of beer in kegs, which are of no value.
The convictions for December were
24; fines. $560; paid, $280: chaingang.
5. January convictions, 28; fines, $1,175;
paid, $530; chaingang, 9; February
convictions, 27; fines. $1,282.50; paid,
$442 .50; chaingang, 7. There are several
appeals pending.
Died Under Peculiar Circumstances.
. A white man, whose name appears
to be D. Pesatta, died in a mysterious
sort of way at Spartanburg Wednesday.
and the coroner's inquest has
been unable to throw any light on the
matter, fesatta was iu me pitiuicenlarging
business, but dressed well
and seemed to be a quiet young man.
He came to Spartanburg March 4. and
has been drunk almost continuously
since. He was found in an unconscious
condition in his room, with a black
eye. and died as a result of this
wound. He said that he had been in
a fight with an unknown man, who
struck him, after a quarrel about a
picture he had sold him.
Palmetto Items.
Two pardon petitions were, refused
by the Governor?that of Pink Tollison,
sentenced at G-eenville to seven
years for burglary,; and that of Stephen
Hough, given fcix months at Lancaster
for grand l^vceny. A number of
petitions for commutations will be presented
in the next few days, it is
thought. This wjjll include one in behalf
of R. A. ^idams, who was sentenced
at Walte^boro to hang.
The selection j of a clerk to the historical
commisjtan, about which there
has been so nflRi talk, because of so
much politics Being injected into the
matter, was mde day. after a competitive
ex^rnation. The successful
applicant ws Mr. Alex. S. Salley, Jr.,
of Charles?^ The other applicants
were George^^Cutcheon. assistant professor
of the SoBth Carolina College;
Thomas E. Richaffdson, of Sumter; T.
J. Plyles, of Meumtville; B. B. Harie,
of Leesville; J. C-YJarlington. of Spartanburg;
L. C. Sylwe3ter, of Columbia
and Miss Adalize "Khorn, of Blackstock.
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: Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
General Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid to
fc-a^nns!
Strict good middling 7%
Good middling 7$i
Strict middling 7%
Middling 7%
Tinges 6% to 7%
Stains to 6*6
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Middling
Galveston, firm 7 11-16
| Mew Orleans, quiet 7V6
.Mobile, firm 7 11-16
Savannah, quiet 7%
Charleston, steady 7%
Norfolk, steady 7%
Baltimore, normal 8
New York, quiet 8.15
Boston, quiet 8.15
Philadelphia, quiet 8.40
Houston, steady 7 11-16
Augusta, quiet 7 13-16
A MOST HORRIBLE AFFAIR
Voung Man Kills Woman and Ends
His Own Life.
A Conway special to Friday's Columbia
State gives an account of a most
horrible occurrence, as follows:
I One of the most awful and sickert|
sning tragedies which has ever occurred
within the borders of the county
took place Thursday morning about 7
i o'clock at Homewood station on the
CoaA line Railway. As soon as the
! nevM reached this place your cor-es!
i^Hdent secured a horse and buggy
fid went out to the scene?a peaceful
! looking, one-room board cabin, surrounded
by a small clearing, planted
I in English peas and strawberries, in
the midst of the pine woods. In the
yard, almost in the spot where he fell,
lay F. 0. Sessions, commonly known as
"Buddie" Sessions, dead, with a bul!
let through his brain by his own hand,
and on a table within the cabin was
stretched the prostrate form of Bel'e
Sessions, a young girl 18 or 20 years of
i age, wounded in five places by the hand
j of the dead man lying outside. She
i and her mother Betsy Sessions lived
! together alone in the cabin, which was
on the land of Mr. George Bray, for
i whom they worked as day laoorers.
From all that can be gathered. Sessions
had been persecuting this woman
j with his attentions for some time past,
having on several occasions threatenj
ed to kill her if she would not marry
him, although she was the mother of
two illegitimate children, the youngest
of whom is said to be his child. It
seems that there was another man in
the case, now living in Florida or Georgia,
who was the favored lover, and
who had sent on tickets for her and
her mother to come and join him; they
were to have gone Wednesday, and Old
their trunks hauled into this place, but
were unable to leave on account of
some mistake or irregularity of the
tickets. The testimony of the mother
at the coroner's inquest, was that she
^lid not know where they were going,
or who was furnishing the transportation,
but that her only idea was to
get away somewhere Jn order that the
life of her child might be spared. The
knowledge of the threats made by the
deceased were, more* or less, a matter
of common information, and there are
some rumors to the effect that they
had even been called to the attention
of the officials, who. however, had not
taken any action, thinking that tho
women were unnecessarily alarmed
over mere idle words.
As neither mother nor daughter have
ever been lawfully married, their
house bore a very unsavory reputation
in the cemmujiity and no one would
have regretted their departure had they
gotten away.
Just before the hour of the tragedy,
the mother went to the home of Mr.
Bray to borrow a nitchfork for her
day's work, and after she left the
house Sessions, who must have been
concealed in the woods, waiting just
such an opportunity, went up to the
I cabin, entered, caught the srirl with his
left hand while he puuea ins
S8 calibre, and emptied every chamber
into her body at arm's length. After
releasing her she staegered a few steps
and fell hi the yard where she was
found, with her two small children crying
over her. by those who first arrived
upon the scene. He then deliberately
unbreached his pistol, reloaded
all the chambers, and. placing the muzzle
just behind his right temple, fired
the shot which penetrated the brain,
coming out on the/ other side of the
head' just above the left ear. The woman
was wounded in both arms, thev
being broken between the elbow and
shoulder, once just below the left
breast, and twice just below the right
breast. She was attended by Dr. Hoke
Burroughs, the coroner, and Dr. Joseph
S Ehisenbury. both of Conway,
and was still alive at 1 o'clock, though
there is no chance whatever of her recovery.
Palmetto Items.
Mr. S. A. Salley, Jr.. of Charleston,
has been elected secretary of the State
historical commission. The selection
was made after a kind of civil cervice
examination. Of the 29 who applied
for %ie position over a month ago
but eicht were present for examination.
The Commercial Savings bank of
Florence has increased its capitalization
from $25,000 to $50,000. The directors
are: John Kuker, president;
J. F. Muldrow, E. F. Douglas, vice
president; J. P. McNeill and A. M. Kittrell,
cashier.
? -?-'" inn W.-OQ tabued the cor
A L'UIli IlilOOlUU nww
porators of the Charleston Poultry association
which proposes to hold annual
exhibitions of poultry. The capitalize
t jon is $2,000. T. J. McCarty, B.
W. t"'inter, J. E. Crass, A. H. Lucas
J. y. Conneyy and W. K. McDowell
are [' c corporators.
A commission was issued the Andrew
Hanley Manufacturing company
of Charleston?doors, sashes and
blinds. Capitalization $8,000. Corporators,
Jaue Hanley, Andrew Hanley, J.
F. Brooks and Huger Sinkler.
Commissions were issued the Lands
End Social club of Beaufort and the
Lancaster Normal and Industrial institute.
Although corporations have until
April 1st to pay the franchise or license
tax. the comptroller general has
received already $32,000 from domestic
corporations in payment of their assessments.
While this is a larger
amount than had been expected from
domestic corporations, the total which
had been estimated upon may fall short
because the railroad companies will
. get out at one-third what was expected
of them.
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Annual! Convention of Young Baptists
to be Held Next Week in Charleston.
The antoual convention of the Baptist
fotfng People's Union of South Caroina
willM)e held in Charleston, April
;-7, the n^eting to be held in the Citalel
Squared Baptist church.
The B. Y. P.- U, is a strong factor in
.he work of the Baptist denomination,
? "union" being an organization of the
1 T\orfioii1ar r?hiirph
The State board has decided upon the
list of colleges it will recognizeSouth
Carolina College, Wofford, Fur
man, Newberry College, Chicora Col
lege. Converse, Winthrop, Clemson
Charleston College, Presbyterian Col
lege for Women, Lander Female Col
lege, Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, Due West Female College
Limestone Female College, Greenvillt
Female College, Erskine College
South Carolina Military Academy, Col
umbia Female College?and these col
ored colleges: Claflin College, th<
State Colored College at Orangeburg
Benedict Institute, Avery Normal Col
lege and Allen University. The gooc
sense of the opinion is manifest wher
it is remembered that any school maj
be chartered as a college if it is will
ing to pay a few dollars for the char
ter fee.
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To Run for Governor.
Newberry, Special.?Mr. A. C. Jon?
has returned from New York and resigned
his position as traveling sales
ma nfor Arnold, Constable & Co., t(
enter the race for governor. In a few
days he will make a formal announcei
ment of his canidacy. Durine the nexl
12 months he will devote hi ime to hit
business interests here ana will mak<
the necessary steps toward his campaign.
He has many friends throughout
South Carolina and has decided tc
enter the race at the solicitation oi
those in Newberry. With his announce
ment he will state his vjfews on certain
issues likely to come up in th<
campaign.
Terms Accepted.
Washington, Special. ? Presideni
Roosevelt has accepted the propositior
of the Dominican government, mad<
through Minister Dawson, for the con
trol of the finances of that republic
with a view to setting aside a portior
of the revenues of the republic for th<
payment of its debts. The officers
who will collect the money and hole
it, will be appointed by the Domini
can government, but they will be nom
lnated by this government.
State Pension Board.
The State pension board met Tuesda;
in the office of the comptroller genera
and passed upon the various applica
tions which have been sent in by th<
county boards. There is a slight de
crease in the number of applicants.thi
1 year, but many who were in the lowe
: classes have been advanced.
The board consists of the following
' Conptroller General Jones, chairman
1 Dr. B. M. Levy, Charleston: Capt. W
H. Hardin, Chester; Dr. William Wes
ton, Columbia. There is a vacancy oi
the board caused by the resignation o
1 Capt. W. D. Starling, the superviso
of Richland county.
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foung people 1U au; pa v.
i 'or the furtherence of the work of the
:hurch.
1 The programme for the convention
; text week is as follows:
Convention Itey-word, "Developnent,"
Ephesians 4:7-16.
KEY-THEMES.
"Spiritual Life Prerequisite to Spirittal
Growth."
"Christlikeness the Aim of the Chrislian's
Growth."
"God's Provision for Attainment of
;his Development."
FIRST SESSION. APRIL 4.
8:00 p. m.?Devitioaal service, Rev.
K. T. Jamison, Greenwood.
8:30 p. m.?Convention sermon by
Dr. Kerr Boyee Trupper, Philadelphia,
Penn.; subject, "Christian Expansion."
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SECOND SESSION. APRIL 5.
9:45 a. m.?Praise service, Rev. F. M.
Satterwhite, Sumter.
10:15 a. m.?Organization of conven:ion.
10:45 a. m.?Reports of officers and
j Departments.
11:00 a. m.?"Spiritual Life the Pre|
requisite to Spiritual Growth," Rev.
W. M. Jones, Wiliiston. Intermission,
10 minutes.
i 11:45 a. m.?"Christlikeness the Privi
ilege and Duty of Every Christian,"
Rev. J. 0. Gough, Manning.
12:00 m.?"Our Undeveloped Forces."
Dr. D. M. Ramsey, Charleston.
12:30 p. m.?"Overcoming Hindran!
res to Christian Growth," (open), led
3upt. 0. B. Martin.
THIRD SESSION.
8:00 p. m.?Song and prayer service,
Dr. J. D. Chapman, Anderson.
8:30 p. m.?"The Holy Spirit's Preeminence
in the Christian's Development."
Rev. J. C. Massee, Raleigh,
N. C.
9:15 p. ni.?"Some Things We Stand
For," Dr. K. B. Tupper.
FOURTH SESSION.
9:45 a. m.?Prayer service, Dr. D. W.
Ken, Greenville.
10:15 a. m.?"The Teacher's Obliga!
tion in Developing Christlikeness," J.
W. Gaines, Hartsville.
10:30 a. m.?"The Reflex Influence of
Soul Winning," Rev. E. M. Lightfoot,
Orangeburg.
10:45 a. m. ?"My Indebtedness to the
Union for Spiritual Growth," led by
Will Evans, Columbia, Intermission 10
minutes.
11:30 a. m.?Plans for convention's
New Year's work.
12:00 m.?"Influence of Worship on
Character," Rev. W. B. Oliver, Florence.
? ~ "fifnniUl hv Stlldv of the
X?. 1U p. ill. uivovu , ? Bible,"
Rev. H. M. Fallow, Cameron,
FIFTH SESSION.
8:00 p. m.?Expressions of Thanksgiving
by delegates.
8:30 p. m.?"Development Through
Obedience to the Missionary Commands,"
Dr. T. M. Bailey.
9:15 p. m.?"The Strengthening Power
of Fellowship," Rev. J. McLean,
Aiken.
Capt. T. T. Hyde of Charfbston is the
president of the B. Y. P. U. in this
State, Rev. J. R. Moore is the secretary,
A. C. Jones of Batesburg is treasurer
and Rev. Walter Wilkins of this city is
editor of the B. Y. P. U. department
In The Baptist Courier.
An Important Opinion.
Attorney General Gunter rendered
an opinion of much interest to the
school people. He decides that the
State board of education has author!
ty to say what constitute* a college
within the meaning of section 120C
of "he State school law exempting
candidates for certificates to teach in
the public schools of thte State from
the examination by the county boards
This section exempts those who pro
duce a full diploma from any chartered
college or university of the State
MonthlyReport of the Bureau * Con* (
cerning Progress of Farm Wdrk.
The weather bureau has issued the
following report on the progress of
1 farm work and the weather for Feb* j
ruiry: {
The month was unusually and per- t
sistently cold until about the 20th, 1
ifter which mild and pleasant and j
iry weather prevailed to its close. (
The mean temperature compares close- j
I ly with that for the same month in I
1895, and these two are the coldest J
Februarys in the last 18 years.
The precipitation was copious over i
'.he whole State, and locally excessive,
ilthough the State avearge was but
{lightly in excess of the normal. During
the first half much of the precipl
?tion was in the form of snow, sleet
ind rain mixed, the rain generally
freezing as it fell, and from this ice
:oating, melting as it did slowly, the
'arear nnrtlnn snaked Into the CTOUnd.
thoroughly saturating It. The soil was
thus unusually well supplied with
moisture.
The persistent cold, and the wet soil
prevented the prosecution of farm
! work and little plowing/ was practii
cable except during the last week
when rapid progress was made over
:he entire State. The delay in farm
work was most serious over the
roast trucking regioins.
Reports on the damage to small
?rain, particularly to oats, agree in
this, that some damage was done.
Dut they vary as to the extent of the
njury. It will not be possible to esimate
it until after active growth
sets in. Some oats were killed outright
and the fields have been resown.
Wheat suffered scarcely any
-Jamage. The good 'effect of the steady
j :old weather was to retard the swelli
ing of fruit buds, thus saving them
from injury% by probable frosts in
| March. The wet soil delayed the pre!
paration of seed beds for tobacco, alI
n-orn Hum* anH
lllllg&l ouiuc nviv uutuv ?
The month as a whole was unfavorable
for the progress of farm work.
Climatology From the North.
The mean temperature for February,
1905, was 38.9 degrees, which is
7.7 degrees below normal. The highest
local mean was 46.5 degrees at
Beaufort; the lowesc was 33.5 degrees
at Greenville. The monthly extremes
were a maximum of 72 degrees
at Yemassee on the 20th, and a
minimum of 0 degrees at Walhalla
on the 14th, making the State range
82 degrees. The greatest local range
was 70 degrees at Bennettsville. The
mean of the daily maximum temperature
was 48.0 degrees and of the daily
minimum temperature was 29.8 degrees.
making the average daily range
18.2 degrees.
The precipitation averaged 5.21
inches, which is 0.87 above normal.
The greatest local amount was 8.20 at
Blackville, the least was 2.87 at
Barksdale. The greatest 24 hours fall
was 3.26 at Blackville on the 12th13th.
The average number of days
with 0.01 inch, or more, of precipitation
was 9, ranging from4 at Allendale
Clemson College and Trial to 13 at
Columbia.
Excessive Precipitation?Allendale,
12tb, 3.20 in 24 hours; Blackville, 12th13th,
3.26 in 24 hours; Clemson College,
20th, 2.60 in 24 hours; Ediso,
12th, 2.60 in 24 hours; Florence, 12th,
3.00 in 24 hours; Liberty, 20th, 2.50 in
24 hours; bt. Matthews, 12th-13th,
3 00 in 24 hours; Sumter, 11th, 3.00
in 24 hours; Trial, 12th-13th, 3.05 in
24 hours.
Snows?Allerfdaie, Trenton, 4th; An1
derson, 2nd; Barksdale, 3, 4, 5, 13, 19;
Bennettsvllle, 3; Cheraw, 4, 14; Coi
lumbia. Lugoff. Santuc, 13; Dillon, 3,
4, 5, 13; Gaffney, 3. 5, 7, 12; Liberty,
3. 5,. 8, 19; Newberry, 13, 19; Saluda,
! 3, 4, 5, 6. 8. 9; Seivern, 6, 14, 20; So
ciety Hill, 3, 19; Spartanburg, 3, 13;
; Walhalla, 5, 19, 20; Winthrop College,
3, 4, 12.
' Sleet?Aiken. Bennettsyille, 3, 4, 5,
6; Allendale, Clarks, Hill, Stateburg,
j Trial, Summervllle, 3, 4, 5; Anderson,
2; Barksdale, 4, 5. 8, 12, 19; Batesburg,
4, 5, 6, 20; Beaufort*. 12; Blackville,
3, 4, 5, 13, 19; Bowman, Walterboro.
4, 5; Cheraw, 5, 6, 8, 18; Columbia,
4, 5, 6; Dillon, Winthrop College,
8; Due West, 3, 6, 8, 9, 19; Florence,
Sumter, 3; Gaffney, 3, 5, 7, 12;
Heath Springs, 5, 7, 8, 13; Liberty, 5,
8, 12; Little Mountain, 3, 4; Lugoff,
' 3, 4, 5, 13; Newberry, 3. 4. 5, 7, 8,
19; Saluda, 4, 5, 13. 19; Santuc. 4,
' R fi 8. 20: Seivern. 3. 4. 5. 6, 14, 20;
Society Hill, 5, 7, 8; Spartanburg 5,
' 8, 11, 20; Trenton. 4, 5, 8, 9; Wal'
lialla, 5. 9. 11, 12, 20: Yorkville, 5, 6,
; 8, 9. 12, 20.
; Weather?The average number of
' cleat- days was 10, of partly cloudly
.' ones, 4, and of cloudly ones 14.
Winds?The prevaling direction of
\ the wind was from the northeast at
23 stations, from the west at 15, from
the nortwest at 7; from the north at
6, and from the east and southeast at
1 station each.
$200,000 Fire From Spark.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.?A special
from Corinth. Miss., s&ys that a spark
) from switch engine set fire to the
f Taylor Compress Company, late Saturday,
destroyed the building and 1,504
t bale? of cotton and. spreading to the
? north of the compress, consumed two
i cotton seed oil mills and fifteen dwel"
ing houses. The total loss will prob?
ably aggregate $200,000 with insurance
t of about half that amount. A high
wind prevailed, and all efforts to pre}
vent the spread of the flames was unavailing.
No loss of life occurred.
An Important Ruling.
^ Columbia. Special.?In an opinion
b
x just filed the Supreme Court affirms the
> finding of the lower court which gave
- Mrs. John B. Badger of Charleston $1,
276.60 damages against the Blue Ridge
I railroad for losing her trunk checked
I from "YValhalla to Charleston in Sepl
tember, 1903. The opinion is interest
ing and of more or less general import
ance as establishing the liability of all
roads for baggage.
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Talk by Booker Washington.
1 New York, Special?Booker T. Wash
ington spoke to John D. Rockefeller,
B Jr's. Bible class Sunday. "The longer I
live." he said, "the more I am convincs
r ed that, after all, the one thing worth
living for and dying for is the privilege
: of making some being more happy and
: more useful. I hope you will always reJ
member that by a thoughtful and kind
a act you can li-t the burden from the
f shoulders of a member of my race. In
r proportion as you help us, so in the
same portion you will help yourselves."
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iovernor Heyward
Should b? Kept In the
Governor Heyward is in
he flags which were captur^^^^^^^H
Confederate regiments from thil^^^^^H
ind have been in Washington
he close of hostilities between the^^WWI
dons. The captured banners which
lave been returned are the Eighth ?
Eleventh. Sixteenth and Twenty-a|v- ?
mth regiments infantry, Sumter Fly- \
ng artillery, Sumter Heavy artillery,
garrison flag, Castle Pinckneyr garrijon
flag, Fort Moultrie; garrison flag,
Citadel; garrison flag, James Island;
garrison flag. Fort Ripley; Third South
Carolina regiment.
Hon. Wm. H. Taft, secretary of war, v
in forwarding the flags, said in a letter
to Governor Heyward:
directors are: J. B. Duggan, president;
J. B. Duke, B. N .Duke. W. W. Fuller,
Thos. F. Ryan, S. A. Beardley, R. B.
Arrington, secretary; M. S. Watts, and
W. A. Erwin.
Privilege for Receipts
The amount of privilege tax'paid into
the State treasury since the 1st of
January is $102,426.75, against $98,471
for the same time last year, a difference
of $4,000. These figures are astounding
when it is considered that at
the 1st of March the receipts-for this
year had fallen behind last year hy
nearly $24,000. This means that the ex-s%-s?
cess for March of this year is at the
rate of $1,000 a day, and the amount
received for the year 1905 is nearly as
much as for the 12 months of 4904. As
has been published before, the receipt
of these payments does not mean that
the use of fertilizers has incrased, for it
is quite probable that a great quantity , j,
of guano is being stored in warehouses.
Captured in Arkansas.
Newberry, Special.?Sheriff M. M.
Buford arrived here Monday night
with two negroes he had brought from
Conway county, Arkansas. These two
men fled from Newberry# some time
ago, their names being Manuel Burd, '
| wanted for assault and battery With
Intent to kill; and Wash Ham. wanted
for burglary. Sheriff Buford had to
exercise considerable strategy in get|
ting the men out of Conway county
and deserves much credit for his work.
Fights Merger.
Houston, Tex., Special.?The Maryland
Trust Company has filed in the
Federal Court here an amended Din in
the receivership of the Houston Oil
Company, in which its asks that the
court prevent the turning over to they_
Houston, Beaumont & New Orleans
Road, or other corporations, the tram
roads belonging to the Houston Oil
Company, under the terms of an
agreement entered into between John
H. Kilby and B. F. Yokaum, whic^l
fully set forth.
Murderer Escaped Jail.
Greenville, Special.?While Jailer
Noe and a trusty were carrying coal
Monday night they were overpowered
by a negro murderer, Dennis Wood,
and other prisoners, who made their
escape. All were captured except
Wood. In the struggle for freedom,
the trusty, a negro named Goldsmith,
was injured, being struck in the head
with a lock. Sheriff's posse is hunting
j for Wood.
A
"Sir: i nave tne nonor u> huvim you
that, under the authority conT
ferred upon the secretary of w^r by tbw
joint resolution of Congress, approved
February 28, 1905, entitled a 'Joint resolution
to return to the proper au-^^M
thorities certain Union and Confeder^^H
ate battle flags,' I have caused to b^^^f
forwarded to you today by express
Confederate battle flags that were
the custody of the war department Jtl
the time of the( approval of said Joint
resolution and that could be Identified
as belonging to your State or as having
t>een borne by military organisations
thereof.
"Herewith are enclosed a list of the
flags transm/cted to you today, and a H
copy of executive document No. 163,
House of Representatives. Fiftieth Congress,
which sets forth all the information
that the war department is able
to furnish on February 16th, 1888, with
regard to the Union and Confederate
flags then in its custody. A few of the
flags that are described in that document
cannot be identified at the present
time, their numbers or distinguish- *
ing marVs having been lost, and as
few of the flags that could be identified
in 1888 have since been identified and
are now returned to the States fron\
which the organizations which bore
them belonged." J
Governor Heyward has not decided ,
what to do Vith the flags, but is 4^-r'j
clined to think that they shoul^ bdf. j
kept in the relic room here. He wttf J
confer with the official organization,-of M
the United Confederate veterans. m
Several Large Corporations. 'W
The secretary of state Monday chartered
the Carolina Building and Loan
nf fMo nlfv with 3200.000 caoi
Wiupauj v* v _
tal. The purposes of the company are
those usually appertaining to a building
and loan association, and William
Barnwell is president, W. K. Duffle,
vice president and Jno. T. Melton secretary
and treasurer. Among those oa
the board of directors are: Geo. W.
Warning, Geo. L. Baker, H. E.,Wells,
E, W. Parker, J. T. Fisher and W. D.
Melton, in addition to the exoflHdo
members. \
A charter was Issued the Hermitage
cotton mills, of Camden, with $225,000
capital, H. G. Garrison is president an^^rv*
treasurer; C. H. Yates rice president
and secretary; W. M. Shannon, attorney.
These genetlemen and D. R. Williams,
Jr., constitute the board of directors.
Another big concern seeking for a
charter is the Salkeatchie Lumber company
of Barnwell county, capital stock
$100,000. Corporators, Jno. P. Schoflelds
of Philadelphia, Ralph P. Brash o?
Royersford, Pa., and Conrad B. High,
of Reading.
The Smith-Pruitt company of tynl- ')
lins has applied for a commission of
$5,000 to manufacture brick, lumber
and shingles.
The Myrtle Beach Development company
was chartered, capitalization $75,000.
F. A. Burroughs is president; B.
G. Collins, vice president; G. R. Sessions,
secretary, and J. E. Bryan, general
manager. The purpose of this company
will be to "purchase, improve and sell
real estate, clear up land and
swamp land, drain and cultivate same.
Also to sell or manufacture the timber
removed from the land under Its
control. Also to possess, have an4 exercise
the necessary power for acquir- _
ing rights of way for dralndge pyrposv^
es and be vested with the powers of^
a drainage corporation. ? .
A foreign corporation which filed its
annual return is the Unidn Bleaching I
and Finishing company of New Jersey,
has offices in Greenville. The