Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Don't Worry. By Beatrice Fairfax P""""^OX'T fuss. DIt's just so much time wa a remedy, but don't wear pmmmg^rn ing yourself and everyone jfei Did you ever hear the i ^^^*2 "The worry cow would If she had not lost her But she feared her hay So she worried herself There are hundreds oi us behaving ish cow. We are worrying over what we ha what we are afraid we will do. Now, the one thing we might worr we are doing at present. But we are so occupied with what is to ccme and cannot be forseen, that ours to make or mar. Worrying produces a state of mind Don't worry over tomorrow; you 1 take care of itself. No person is more depressing than ting and can't enjoy life for fear sometl Try to make the most of every joy < See the bright side of things rathe Oh, the comfort of meeting a persoi of fuss and worry! Serenity is a beautiful thing. Of c minds are at peace, and peace cannot < can do much toward achieving it by co The fretful face can never be beai ~ ing and features may be. But there are some faces plain of beds a positive benediction abroad. Sometime when you are walking expressions on the faces >ou pass. Nine out of ten will wear a worric Relaxation seems unknown to the Men. women, and* even chlidren. pitch. They begin to worry before th? until sleep closes their eyes at nigbt. Pon't spoil today by yesterday ai what you have, and above all things dc nothing good or bright or beautiful on e Your troubles are not any worse thi But if you fret and worry over e' Imaginary troubles to spoil your life.? The Later Da: By William Conger HHE chemist examines and factory puts out, in sear< use. Three-fourths of the owe theiT existence who! petroleum industry. Car! from the glycerine recov candle-manufacturer and myriads of buttons used speak of theii slaughter house floor. The by-products, havirg been thus grown to such proportions as to outran] was formerly waste is today the staple tared product having become the by-pro the old method of "burning charcoal," covered with turf, and then set on fir week, while the pile was watched day j and consume as well as char. Finally obtained. By this method three-quart peared. An investigation proved that to the charcoal produced was lost, besi and acetic cold. One per cent seems these products are of prime imports changed. The wood is piled on steel < hers heated by furnaces. Here a iew i number of weefcs in the oider process, the volatile portions pass off. Lime t alcohol condenses, and the gas is pipe ShAnld this gas furnish insufficient fuel one cord of wood furnishes the means The process then becomes, not oj for the manufacture of w;>od-alcohol a wood alcohol made in the United State the acetic acid another million, while i would eeTl for less than this last figure Athletics in ti Phi By General W. H. C * ""^SOLDIER who is not in fini A rice-paddies and mountain this fact induced the ge MM) lands to introduce a new optional work and places i panv duties. The instruc a period quite equal to thj during which athletics were the main ] dentaL It was even provided that any Incurred hi line of duty. The companies were given ?eveia of training. A list of military and athl announced and the four companies of winning company designated, to compet panies representing the three battalior competition to de term hie vhich compai successful companies weTe then brougl partment athletic meet, which took pla aros Island, opposite the city of Iloilo. The Individual events were quite i team events excited admiration and v and low wall scaling were marvellous The delivery of ammunition to the mile course, including the saddling an seven minutes estabishes records whic! "Weekly. *\ No More Foi By George Harvey. are the forbidden ci WArminius Vanbery co*ld of his life, has become f the whilom inviolate, can SrjjEEj get his passport vised bj Turkestan. Merv, the hii cessible. is new a Russian veiled by the Younghusbard expedition to Jerusalem, and the day is not far snorting past the tomb of Mohammed : eyeshot of the Black Stone of Mecca. 1 **"' mander of the Faithful by virtue of th Abbassids Caliph, has authorized and h railaray from Damascus to tae holy cit pushed from the oldest continuously through Syria to a point near Petra, w the Soman Empire, which commands tl is less than a hundred miles distant fr erly of the two bays which protrude 1 Sea?Harper's Weekly. An aarerage of thirty-five prisoners / annually are lashed at the whipping post in Delaware. A chief source of wealth of Japan is Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad has learne<hthat the legal name of one of its chilf tributary cities is "Pittsburgh," and has given orders to add the "h" to the name when the road has occasion to print it. On hotel registers tlje#iame rs usually written "Pts." or "Ptsg." There seems to be i an opening here for a poet to point J out that the drummer writes no final "h," but he gets there all the same, irhich is, after all, the chief function of the railroad?Harper's Weeekly. z? tsted. If things go wrong, try to fin yourself out, soul and body, by worr; else. hyme about the "worry cow?" It runs have lived till now, breath; would not last all day, to death." in exactly the same way as that foo ve done, what we have not done, an y over with some reason is the thin is past and can't be helped, and whi we neglect the golden present that that unfits one for clear judgment, iake care of today and tomorrow wi the one who is always fussing and fr? ling will go wrong, or pleasure that comes your way. r than the da-k. i whose brow is not snarled up by lin< ourse it can only come to those who? ome to all of us. But undoubtedly w ntrolling our inclination to fret, itiful, no matter how perfect its colo feature whose serenity of expressic on a crowded thoroughfare, watch tl d look. average American. are continually strung to the higA >y are out of bed, and they don't st? id tomorrow; make the very most >n't look and talk as though there we >arth. an other people's. very trifle you will accumulate enoui \'f>w York American. ? * y of Alchem: Morgan. scrutinizes every kind of waste tl :h for something that can be made s prepared paints on the market todt ly or in part to the by-products of t load after carload of dynamite com ered from the "sweet waters" of tJ the waste of the soap-maker. Tl rise fron. the hoofs and horns of tl called to the aid of the industries, ha' k some of the older interests, and wh i article produced, the former manufa duct. Some are doubtless familiar wi in which the wood was piled in heat e. The smoke roee lazily week aft ind night lest the Are should break o the mound was torn apart and the co ers of the weight of the wood disa an amount of fuel-gas equal in weigl des about one per cent of wood alcoh a small fraction, but in this instam ince. Today the process is entire cars and run into huge masonry chai hours accomplish the'work of the san The charcoal stays on the cars whl akes the acid out of the mixture, tl d around to the furnaces and burne I. the charcoal is burned also, and ttr of heating the next, le for the production of charcoal, b nd acetic acid. This one per cent s alone In one year is worth $4,000,0( he whole amount of charcoal produc* .?Harper's Magazine. he tlippine Armj iarter. U. S. A. e condition is not of much value in tl i jungles of Filipinia. A recognition neral in command in the Visayan i system which removes athletics fro it as one of the most important of coi tion was turned over to captains, ai it alotted to rifle practice was set asi< features and other military duties in< injury received should be reported i 1 months In which to pursue a cour etic events for a department meet wi each battlion were tried out. and tl e in a regimental meet. The three coi is of each regiment then engaged in iy should represent the regiment. Tl V> lr* o KatHo rm'ol of tha H It 1 U U UUlllV v,? U? wv ?"V ? ce at the new "shelter" post on Guii up to the standard, while the militai ron the highest encomiums. The hlj performances. firing line with packmules, over a ha' id packing of the mules, in less ths h it will be difficult to beat?Harper } ^ 'bidden Citie tie9 of our youth? Samarcand, whic only penetrate in disguise at the rig amiliar as a household word. Khiv be visited by any traveller who ca r the Governor General of Russia storic entrepot of an oasis once ina railway station. Lhassa has been u . Anybody can go by rail from Jopp distant when the iron horse will ru at Medina, and land passengers withl 'he Sultan Obdul-Hamid, acting as Cor ie title transmitted to him by the la: lelped to finance the construction of y of Islam. Already the line has beg inhabited city on earth southwar hich was so long a frontier fortress < ie road from Asia to Egypt, and whic om the Gulf of Akabah, the most eas ike prongs from the head of the Re her coal, of which 9,000,000 tons wei mined in 1901. The average of births in. London . 11,000 a month. Kansas as Center of Universe. Thomas A. McNeal, Kansas sta printer, believes the state to be "tl j center of the universe," and he jus i fies his belief in this convincing wa; I "Scientists have noted that if a mj I starts from Kansas and travels eas i *ard and keeps going until Kansas again reached aud then takes tl ' same journey, but starting to the wes ward, the distance traveled is precis ly the same." It it His name on our irork Uti makes it worthy, PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS , Weather and Crop Conditions as Viewed by the Department. , d Columbia, S. C., Special.?Tie waek j. ending 8 a. m. April 17th, averaged slightly cooler than usual but the dei: partures from normal were small until the 16th when the temperature fell rapidly and to the morning of the 17th when it was below freezing over the ]. central and western parts of the State, with killing frosts as far eastd ward as Williamsburg county and heavy frosts along the coast. There ^ are as yet no reports available as to it the extent and severity of the damage is caused by the frost except in the vioinitv nf Columbia where practical , ? jj ly all garden truck, corn and other young crops were killed. The damage it- was likely more serious to the westward where the temperature was low- ' er. There are no reports available _ as to the effects of the frost on fruit, i es which up to this time was in a very j ;e promising condition, except in parts of j re the extreme northwestern counties' where some was killed by the frost of r* the 7th. The precipitation was gener(Q xl during the week, and was excessive in, portions of the central, western tie and extreme northwestern counties. ' Scattered localities had hail on the 9th and 13th. The rainfall ranged from less than one to over four inches, jh greatly delaying operations in the V western half of the State and parts 1 ?^of the eastern. A a rule the rainfall re was needed and proved beneficial to grain crops, garden and truck. ;h Corn planting was continued over the western counties, but made slow progress. In the eastern counties replanting is under way, and most of the early corn is up to fair to good stands, and some has received ^ its first cultivation. Cut worms did much damage in places. Preparation of lands for cotton is 16 ! nearly finished over the eastern counj ties, and made some progress over iy I the western ones. Planting is nearhp j I Ing completion in a few localities, but i generally is less than half finished and he was delayed by the wet soil in the ie ; central and western counties. Some : cotton is up to stands. In the greater "** ' ' * Of?f? If l? nfnKahlo that ,c purnuu ui iue ouiic n 10 yivuumv practically all cotton and corn that Is ^ up will need be replanted owing to )8( the frost. er The wheat and oats crops made ut marked improvement in appearance al and growth during the w^ek, especially ly spring oats, that were greatly beneiOl fitted by the rains. Some tobacco has De ; been transplanted in Marion county, 'y ; The acreage to be planted to tobacco will be somewhat larger than last year. je | Rice planting is nearly finished in the ie j Collecton district, and the conditions d. j for planting are favorable in the us j Georgetown district. Truck was doing | well, with heavy shipments of beans, ut i peas, radishes and strawberries under of ! way. It is believed that truck was ma>0. | terially damaged in districts somewhat ed remote from the coast, but the amount of injury cannot be stated in this week's bulletin, and may prove to have ' been slight. J. W. Bauer, Section Di; rector. CORNERSTONE LAYING. Crittenton Home Exercises to Take ^ Place Easter Monday. The exercises of laying the cornerstone of the Charlotte Crittenton Home, ae which is located at the corner of Mc?', Dowell and Ninth streets, will take Is- place Easter Monday, April 24th, at 5 ; ra o'clock. Mr. Charles N. Crittenton, will ii-; be present and participate in the exerld j cises. This will be an occasion of nc 3 G ' * little interest, and will furnish an at1S tractive opportunity to the people ol ! the city to see the beautiful and comse! modious building now nearlng compleis tion. le j ii-1 a Peaches Killed in Georgia. le Gainesville, Ga., Special?Almost the entire peach crop in northeast Georgia was killed by Sunday night'S | 7 freeze. Growers state that there will i not be enough peaches grown for a ' single shipment. Vegetables of all in hinds were hurt The thermometer registered 29 degrees and ice was hall j an inch thick. Joseph Jefferson Very Low. j West Palm Beach, Fla., Special.?The J : condition of Joseph Jefferson, the vetei ran actor, has undergone a change for the worse, and the outook for his recovj* ery is not so hopeful. Physicians have 1" been in constant attendance at his beda* side and report him as very weak Mon n day. Ln In response to an inquiry as to Mr. 5" Jefferson's condition. Dr. Potter said: n(a "Mr. Jefferson is very low." It is rein ported that the members of his family In who are not already with him have n* been telegraphed to come. St * Telegraphic Briefs. d The oorpora.lon of Hastings, England, decided the other day that it 1 h couldn't afford to invite the Prince o! ( it- Wales to open its new waterworks this 1 1(j summer. It would have cost J 10,000 and Hastings is a well-to-do seaside re ! _ sort of 60,000 population. The Princ<! i of Wales is not popular. Mr. J. Sumter Moore has been ap j ] pointed general manager of the Olym { ( pia, Granby, Richland and Capital Citj ^ mills. , , - The confraternity of bell ringers is known in Brit? as "the exercise," as the dramatic wofession is known as if "the professiolT" A bell ringer is a , "member of Jme exercise." tJ The mas^^ of a British infantry 1 V- regiment, a monkey, has been dishonor- < n i ably dischz^||d from the service for >t absence withoimUBave and larceny com- ( i? mitted in neigh?ring poultry yards, < He is now serving a life term in the j 5t It is noticed in England as a serious < e fact that most of the Jewish soldiers < who died in the Boer war, and in whose ( memory a tablet was recently erectei if in a London synagogue, belonged to th 1 Scottish regiments. 1 GREAT PLAYER DEAD Joseph Jefferson. Prince of American Actors, Passes Away THE END CAME SUNDAY EVENING Distinguished Actor's Condition Gre>w Steadily Worse Saturday Night, i When It Became Apparent That tho Heroic Struggle of Days Had Exhausted His Vitality?Illness Originally Contracted by Discretion in Eating While on Fishing Trip With Mr. Cleveland. West Palm Beach, Fla., Special.? Joseph Jefferson died at his home, "'The Reeis," at Palm Beach, at 6:15 o'clock Sunday evening. The end came after a day of unconsciousness and after a heroic .struggle of days, which had exhausted his vitality. At his death bed were his wife, his sons, Charles B. and Frank Jefferson; his nurse. Miss Mabel Bingham; Dr. R. B. Potter, and his faithful old servant, Carl Kottler. The end was not a surprise to his family. , Ever since his last sinking spell, which came after a rally on Thursday morning, and which was followed by an improvement until Friday, the family has been waiting for the end. Mr. Jefferson's condition Saturday right grew ' steadily worse, and the fAiily, who had retired, were summoidfl from their beds and Dr. Potter wdrcalled. The patient's condition continued to grow weak all through today, and the brief bulletins from the beside contained no words of encouragement. The sickness of Mr. Jefferson, which ended in his death, was contracted, it is believed, while on a recent visit to his son, Charles B. Jefferson, at Hobe Sound, a few miles above Palm Beach, where he went to meet his friend, former President Cleveland; It is believed that from a slight indiscretion in his eating there, he suffered an at tack of indigestion. Since his return to his home, this condition grew steadily worse, with slight rallies, until the end. The body of Mr. Jefferson will be taken to Buzzard's Bay on a special train, accompanied by all the members of his family who are here. It will reach New York Wednesday morning, and the family hope to reach Buzzard's Bay the evening of that day. It was on April 1st that Mr. Jefferson went to Hobe Sound to meet Mr. Cleveland and other friends at the home of his son, Charles B. Jefferson. The party spent about a week there, and during that time there were frequent fishing expeditions. When Jefferson became ill he returned at once to The Reefs and was taken to his room on the second floor of the cottage, which is only 100 feet from the ocean, and where he could watch the sea. The weather was favorable throughout his illness. Dr. Potter, the flmlly physician at the Florida home, lived three miles from The Reefs, and went only occasionally to the bedside of his patient, feeling that Mr. Jefferson might survive. On Thursday he was well enough to take nourishment and to retain it. At one time he called for chicken broth and then thought he was well enough to eat the meat. But this was denied him. Dr. Potter was so confident Thursday at 4 o'clock that he told a reporter ! at the time that he believed Mr. Jeff- I ?rson would recover. JEFFERSON'S CAREER. New York, Special.?Mr. Jefferson was president of the Players' Club, in this city, end the news of his death was received with many expressions of regret. The Players' Club has had no member more interested in its welfare than Mr. Jefferson, and none that worked more untiringly. With Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Augustin Daly, A. H. Palmer. Brander Matthews, Tnhn Hrnw S T, Plemens and several ethers, Mr. Jefferson signed articles of incorporation for the club in 1888, and he was elected to the board of directors. In 1893, his portrait by Sargent was hung on the wall of the club, a gift from Booth and Barrett. After the death of Mr. Booth, in 1893, Mr. Jefferson was elected president of the club, and has been re-elected to that office at every annual meeting since. He presided at the memorial meet, ing, November 13, 1898, at the Madison Square Concert Hall, in this city, in commemoration of Edwin Booth's present COth birthday, upon which occasion he delivered an address, introducing as the speakers of that occassion Parke Godwin, Tommasco Salvini Henry Irving and the poet, George E. Woodbury. On the founders' night. December 31, 1893, he delivered an eloquent address as president, recalling the memory o? Mr. Booth in simple and touching words. Mr. Jefferson was at every Founders' Night annually until 1890, when he was absent on account of illness; nor was he permitted to be present on the recurrence of that occasion, which absences were sometimes caused by illhealth, but principally on account of activity in his calling. In compensation for his absence for the Fenders' Night, and in honor of womca friends of "the players," he I was present and contributed to the j pleasure of Ladies' Day whenever possible. The necessity of spending the wint-r in a Southern climate had prevented him from being present in the club house, except for occasional brief visit:*, in late years. Tnconli Tofforonn ?-ac hnrn in Pliila WVWV/F" WV.4V.WW.. >.*?? WW.M ... . ? delphia, February 20, 1829, and was looked upon as the dean of the dramatic profession in this country. Want Union With Greece. ranea. Island of Crete, By Cable.? The Cretan Chamber of Deputies was op* ned by Prince George, of Greece, the high commissioner of the powers, wl \ in his speech, blamed the revolr.? mists and declared his readiness to ?r "t every reasonable reform properly proposed. On the withdrawal of the prince, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously declared in favor of the union of Crete and Greece, and the deputies proceeded to the palace, to so inform the prince. Tom Watson's Daughter Weds. Augusta, Ga., Special.?A 3pecial to The Chronicle from Thomson, Ga., says: "Miss Agnes Watson, the only daughter of Hon. Thomas E. Watson, was married at the home of her parents in Thomason, Ga., to Mr. Oscar 5. Lee, a merchant. Owing to the effects of a recent illness, due to the accidental taking of an overdose of medicine, the young lady is still under the care of a nurse, and the marriage ceremony was made as simple and brief as possible. The honeymoon will be spent at Sea Breeze, Fla." j ' A HOUSE WAIMI^^^p The Opening of the Thornwel^^^R^ i age After the Fire Disaster. When the fire occurred at the Thornwell Orphanage on the 4th of November last, there were hard times for a while for two hundred orphan children. They had neither pantry nor storehouse, and had "old mother Hubbard gone to the supboard," she would have found that the cupboard was not bare; it was gone! All the pickles and preserves and dried fruit and other little supplies fixed up for the winter use were gone up in smoke. And in addition, all the flour and meal and bacon and rice and molasses and vinegar and sugar and tea and coffee had been food for the devouring flames! There was not oven a kitchen left, much less a storr house; but the people (God bless -11 \ trie people, tneir neans ait; an n6uu, the people came to our rescue and now we have completed and are ready to open a handsome new building 100 feet ! one way by G5 the other. It is cover- ! ;d with tin and it took fifty-five squares ! to cover it. The floors are of brick laid In cement. It has been furnished with ranges and stoves. The Majestic Range Company of St. Louis, gave us a splendid new range and two portable bakers. But it woefully lacks something. There is not a dust of meal nor a grain of rice, nor a cruise of oil, nor a pound of j sugar,?there is nothing in the storehouse. Why, not even a mouse has gone there to hunt his dinner; not a fly is looking out for the pickings! And yet on that storehouse 250 children and their teachers are dependent for their daily bread. It is time for a house-warming! Let us have it. What have you at hand that you can send? Do not wait for a committee to call on you or a preacher to get after you. The third week of April Is our reception week. Everybody will be at home. If you get your gifts sent in that week it will not be too late. Somebody ask3. "What are the children going to do for something to eat till then?" If you are the one who asks, we will just say that there are fiftytwo reception weeks at the Thornwell Ofphanage, but the third week of April is reception week in particular. It is to commemorate the fire and to make ug ' * ? ??? **?a Kava q reel good tnat once uiurc nc kitchen and dairy and storehouse and the trimmings that go fRong with them. Do not forget. Send something everybody! Fill that storehouse for once. It Is a right good sized room and there is no danger of overcrowding. God bless you, dear friends, and may He put it into your hearts to make glad the fatherless. Send provisions in barrels and boxes to Thomwell Orphanage. Clinton. S. C., and cash to Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs, Clinton, S. C. Arretted For Argon. An arson warrant has been placed in the hands of Comptroller General Jones' special deputy for J. Ed. Boyer, in whose store the big fire which destroyed fifty houses and places of business at Brookland, across the Congaree, started from the explosion of his kerosene engine. The evidence which the Comptroller General has gathered indicates that he had made preparations for the fire by moving out his goods. The warrant was issued under the special act of the Legislature requiring the Comptroller General to investigate all suspicious fires. Mr. Boyer Is more or less prominent in the town and his arrest has created a sensa- I tion, although it was not altogether unexpected in certain well-informed ? quarters. The evidence is circumstantial so far, but it is strong: on its face the solicitor had advised the arrest "t once, as it was reported that Boyer was making preparations to leave the I country. Boyer took his arrest calmly, | being allowed to come to Columbia under guard to consult an attorney. The f preliminary examination has been set for Friday morning at 10 o'clock before : Magistrate J. P. Merchant, at Brook- j land. A peculiarity of the arson law i in this State is that a man cannot be punished for setting fire to his own I place, but if, as a result of that fire, other houses are fired or are within the legal danger limit he is liable for infnr arann To Celebrate Return of Flags. Tallahasse, Fla., Special.?The special committee in charge of the celebration arranged for the official reception of the Confederate battle flags of the Florida troops has issued invitations to the several chapters of the D. A. R. and camps of Confederate veterans, to attend the celebration, which will be held in the hall of the House of Representatives at Tallahassee, on May 2, at 10.30 a. m. Will Get Some Money. President Sloan, of the South Carolina College, has received a letter from William Jennings Bryan notifying him that the South Carolina College has been named as one of the 25 State Universities he is directed to name in article 17 of the Philo Sherman Bennett will, setting aside $10,000 to be divided equally among such universities. The amount each University will grt after inheritance taxes arc paid will be $3GS, the interest on which is to be used to purchase an annual prize for the best essay discussing the principles of free government. The gift was accepted with thanks by the executive committee of the trustees, Mr. Bryan says he has so far established such prizes in nineteen States. 75 Per Cent, of Peaches Killed. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?After a trip through Georgia, State Entomologist It. I. Smith, said: "There is no doubt about the fact that 75 per cent, of the peach crop north of Atlanta is a total loss as the result of the recent cold weather. All the orchards ?- - ???? i i xnrougnoui inai sucuun na?e suucnu, i some more than others, but from personal examination and results from various sources, I feel safe in saying that there will not be more than onefcurth of the crop in this section." Shot For Bank Robber. Richmond, Va., Special.?Thinking an attempt to rob the bank was being made, Dr. Lawrence Anderson Bragg, a dentist, who has rooms in the Citizens' National Bank building, at Covington. Va., early Wednesday morning shot in the direction of the noise, killing Dr. Alex. Nelson, of the staff of the Western State hospital, who had arrived on a late train to visit his brother, Attorney George E. Nelson. In endeavoring to reach his brothre's room near the bank, Dr. Nelson lost his way and was at the entrance of the bank building when killed. wmm South Carolina Division of the 8outtv em Cotton Association Takes Up Mr, Wegener's Suggestion. Columbia State. The officers of the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton asso elation have taken up the movement started by the Southern Wholesale grocers, to push the use of cotton bags or sacks made of cotton. The matter was presented in detail in The State of Thursday and has attracted attention all over the South. The idea is to carry out in a practical way one of the propositions on which the Southern Cotton association was founded?to increase the market for cotton goods, as well as to reduce the acreage used in the production of cotton. While some want to create a greater demand for cotton goods in the Orient to supplant the costly silks, the practical business men of the wholesale grocers' association have seen an opportunity to declare that the market can be expanded right here at home by demanding that manufacturers use cotton instead of burlap and jute for bagging. Indeed there has been some talk of the people of the South resorting to the use of .white duck, cottonades and other cotton fabrics for clothing in the summer and thus show to the world that we prefer wearing apparel made of our own home staple. This was done per force during the war between the sections, when necessity required the Southern people to live very, very economically. To some this might appear to be carrying the movement to an extreme approaching fanatisism, but the earnest leaders in the effort to get cotton into the control of the producers think that by pext summer they will have the people of the South willing to use cotton goods to an extent unprecedented. While this Rearing apparel proposition may appear to be somewhat chimerical, yet there is much force and logic in the movement to demand the use of cotton instead of burlap In marketing grain, in shipping fertilizers, and in other commercial uses. This would increase the consumption of cotton by hundreds of thousands of bales. Mr. F. H. Weston, secretary of the South Carolina division, has sent to every county organization an earnest appeal to stand by the movement for cne increased use 01 couon in ine manufacture of bags and bagging- He has also written to Mr. Geo. A. Wagener, of Charleston commending the movement of which Mr. Wagener is the leading spirit. Following is Mr. Weston's letter to the county organizations: "I am sending you under separate cover by today's mail an article in reference to the use of cotton bags. I consider this one of the most important matters that our association can undertake. You will recall that at the time the association was formed, It was not only to meet the present emergency, but to endeavor to enlarge the field for cotton goods. There is no reason in the world why we should buy articles for our consumption?especially fertilizers?sacked in anything but cotton bags. I wish you would read carefully this marked article, and also the editorial; and if possible get your county papers to publish it Later we will ask the county organizations of the association throughout the State to adopt resolutions requesting the fertilizer companies and others who use i 3aoks to use anly cotton sacku; and we should give the preference to those fertilizer companies and merchants who use cotton sacks. "A representative of the State association will shortly go to Charleston for the purpose of conferring with the fertilizer people and will ask them to use cotton sacks." Following is a list of counties in which there are organizations, with the names and postofflces of the presidents and secretaries: Aiken?W. W. Woolsey, Aiken; B. F. Holley, Aiken. Anderson?W. H. Glen, Liberty; J. W. Rothrock, Anderson. Barnwell?F. H. Creech, Barnwell; H. L. O'Bannon. Barnwell. Bamberg?John W. Crum, Denmark; J. D. Felder. Denmark. Cherokee?R. C. Sarratt, Gaffney; S. D Parrott. Oaffnev. Colleton?W..C. Brant, Getslnger; J. B. Dodd, Round. Chester?P. L. Hardin, Bascomvllle; John S. Nunnery, Wylle's Mill. Clarendon?E. D. Hodge, Alcolu; A. H. Richhurg, Summerton. Chesterfield?John T. Hurst; Chesterfield; D. M. Barrentine, Chesterfield. Edgefield?S. T. Williams, Lottie; J. S. Minus, Edgefield. Fairfield?S. C. Cathcart, Winnsboro; J. F. Fooshe, Winnsboro. Florence?J. B. McBride, Florence; H. M. Ayer, Florence. Greenville?H. B. Tlndal, Greenville; G. M. Wllkins, Greenville. Greenwood?J. M. Gaines, Gaines; W. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six. Georgetown?W. K. Curry, ' Rhem's postofllce; W. E. Snowden, Choppee postofflce. Kershaw?W. K. Thompson, Liberty Hill; C. V. Birchmore. Camden. Lancaster?T. J. Strait, Lancaster; George W. Jones. Lancaster. Laurens?A. C. Fuller, Laurens; B. Y Culbertson, Madden. Lee?Samuel Bradley, Bishopville; R. W. McCutcheon, Bishopville. Lexington?E. J. Etheredge, Lees- , ville. Marlon?Dr. W. Stackhouse, Dillon; ! Mark Stackhouse, Marion. Marlboro?R. M. Pegues. Kollock; R. L. Freeman, Bennettsville. Newberry?R. T. C. Hunter, Prosperity; W. K. Sllgh. Newberry. Oconee?Paul Stribling, Richland; A. H. Ellison. Seneca. Orangeburg?J. E. Wannamaker, St Matthewsf G. L. Salley, Orangeburg. Pickens ? J. T. Lewis, Anderson ^#<11^. T T IfArtron Plpkfins. JlIlls , U, IJ? **?w* OWM, Richland?W. W. Ray, Congaree. Saluda?J. H. Watson, Johnson; H. G. Crouch. Saluda. Sumter?A. B. Stuckey, Sumter; P. M. Pitts, Sumter. Spartanburg?E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; H. S. Lipscomb, Trough. Union?John D. Farr, Union. Williamsburg?J. Davis Carter, Leo; R. H. Footman, Greenville. York?C. E. Spencer, Yorkville; J. M. Starr, Yorkville. Three Children Burned to Death. Greensburg, Pa.. Special.?A distressing accident resulted Friday from the explosion of a bottle of gasoline in the home of John E. Kunkle, in Maple vehome of John E. Kunkle, in Maple Aveburned to death and a fourth so fearfully injured that recovery is a matter bf doubt. Three members of the fire department were also badly injured. Attorney A. M. Wyant and John S. Murphy, who attempted to rescue th'j children from the burning home, were sererely burned and cut about the hands ind arms by glass. W, ; . ' . g .M.* I j Occurrences of part* cott<i^HH Theso prices Strict gbod middling HBBH Good middling Strict middling HrT. .^^^^H|H|| Middling W.... Tinges ^ plains ^ oVi Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet Mew Orleans, steady Mobile, easy 7|o-16^^B Savannah, easy . 7% H Charleston, quiet 1%. Wilmington, dull 7%.' H Norfolk, quiet .7% Baltimore, nominal 7%' New York, quiet 7.8* Boston, quiet : 7.80 Philadelphia, quiet 8.05 Houston, quiet 7%r Augusta, steady 7 1-15 Memphis, steady St. Louis, steady 7h|^^H Louisville, firm Palmetto probable to get a pardon. In 1903 he Sullivan in Greenville and wa3 sen-^^^ tenced to serve the rest of his life In prison. A petition stating t'^e case ?.as been received. Acting upon his asual custom, Gov. Heyward sent, the petition to the prosecuting attorney, who in this case was Senator Dean of ? Greenville. The latter declares. In an indorsement received Tuesday, that .he prisoner should be made to serve . it least a sentence for manslaughter, is there was little in the case to recjmniend a pardon. It is declared in :he petition that Isadore Thompson tilled the man who seduced his daugh- , :er, refused to marry her and then y went about bragging of what he bad ' lene. However, the jury 3eems to ijave thought that there was enough in the case to have the accused sent u> the penitentiary for life. Bib Smalls, the North Carolina white man who was convicted of murdering i negro, will not be hanged at Darlington on the 5th of May, as has been generally expected throughout the ?tate, and has been strongly hoped by many people in Darlington county. Hia attorneys have perfected the appeal to the Supreme Court just in time to save . lis neck, and he thereby getting a pear's respite, if not a reversal and tiew trial. Notice of the perfection of ? the appeal was given Governor Heyward by Smalls' attorneys, and Governor has notified the Darlingtoi^^H sheriff to hold up on the hanging. appeal also includes some faint hop^^H for tbe life and liberty of John also white , convicted aidh&^wlt^^H Smalls, but given only a life setft4N||HH inasmuch as the jury re ommended^^B him to mercy. James Moore, a negro laborer at / work on the excavations for the new bank building on Main street in Columbia. lost his life there in such a strange and unusual manner that his felloy workmen's superstitions hav^. been aroused and it has been difficult to get them to work again. Moore was standing beside a six-foot embankment. when part of it containing bricks gave way and fell against him, and j although the impact of hardly more than a cubic yard of the stuff, he reI ceived injuries which resulted in his 1 death three hours later. He was trip- _ ped by the cave-In against a wheelbarrow board walk, the brick mashing his head and neck against the board. Comptroller General Jones is doing a hit pf "trust-busting" on the side by raising tbe tax of the retu-ns of big corporations. The raising of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company's return from J7CC.OOO to $3,000,000 has been followed by raising the turn of the Standard Oil Company to $200,000 frcm $G3.000. The par value; of stock is put down in the return at I $100 a share, and the capital is placed at $100,000,000. with over $&S.OOO.OOO | of that paid in. The stock Is being quoted in the market at $S70 a share, it is demonstrated that a gigantic cor! poration with its various properties j has a market value of over a billion dollars. The people of Rock Mills township in Anderson county have voted" an additional tax of four mills for school ,jj purposes. The vote for the special levy was unanimous, not a slngje vote j having oposed it. Many of thfe-'districts in the county h^ve voted special levies to support their schools^ / and the movement for better educa-^g^ ! tiona] facilities is 3teaany progressiu^^^M In one instance, at least, in additiea^HH to the voting of a special levy, th^^H principle of consolidation has been^^H successfully carried out The rails in the new railroad con-^^B r.ecting Union with the Seaboard Air^^H Line are now being laid rapidly. large force is already at work witnfeq|^^H the corporate limits of Union, and rails would be run right Into where the new station will be located were it not necessary to build a trestle In the rear of L. G. Young's residence. This tiestle will be an especially heavy one. about 45 feet long, and will require about two or three weeks to be completed. For several days Capt. D. J. Griffith, a railroad conductor, v.ho has been grading out for the new railroad yards, has been working aheal of the track gang in order that the roadbed would bo in first class condition. Gov. Heyward Wednesday ofTered a it-ward of $150 for the arrest of the pe;son who burned the barn of L. F. Stanford in Union county on the night of April 2nd. The offer of re-1*** ward was made at tbe ieqt.est of So-f licitor Sease. \ The Spartanburg Herald Compaa*?^~ with $10,000 capital,, and with A. E. Gonzales, W. W. Holland. H. L. Wat- ^ son and F .H. McMaster3 as corpora-^; ' tors, was commissioned. Mr. D. M. Dedenbaugh, of Anderson, the young railroad man who was arrested a Jew days ago on a charge of embezzlement, has been released on a bond of 51,000, given by J. W. Ashley, cf Honea Path. He has employed counsel and the case will come up for ^ tnal at the next term of the sessions^ court in May. In the warrant on whietr his arrest was made it is alleged that he misappropriated funds to the amount of $2,086. Major J. F. Hart, commander of the famous Hart's battery in the Civil War, died at Yorkville, where he had lived many years. i.