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I 'V cS?h brotherhood, a to s^/g sea! Oh. bl^tu^u/ fop fgrim feet. ^Hv Whos^^^ij. -Assioned stress A thorougtHfcjre /,/freedom beat Across the sfej7(/fness' M Americfy America! K God mend thine every flaw, HE Conhrm thy soul in self control, Thy liberty in law! ?Hatha rin< in. zzz By WINIFRE n n n N Shackleford Hannah Overton at forty was conT f sldered a fortunate woman. L V She hail her health, the Bri arley farm and the secret ? ? 7 of the Briarley preserves. Despite Hannah's genuine grief, it could not but be a relief to her that her aunt, old Eunice Briarley. was dead, and her bitter heart at rest. She had brought up Hannah from h child, and it had been no light-hearted girlhood. Hannah Overton had done her duty, but Shackleford had watched the youth fade out of her face, and it was giad that at last she was to have a chance, a chance of what, perhaps Shackleford k '^sfcftrdiy knew. To be sure. Briarlev /farm was mortgaged, but there was a sale at a good profit In Boston for the Briarlev jams and jellies. Shaekleferd had refused to be anxious over the mortgage. It was more apprehensive that the coming of the stranger, Lena Pierce, might In some way bring trouble to Hannah. But Lena Pierce brought no trouble. J?he was the orphan child of Eunice 'Briarley's favorite nephew, and Joint heir with Hannah Overton to the Briarley farm. Lena was a brisk, rosy, capable little person of twenty. For three years she had supported herself as a stenographer. Once, when a little girl, she had visited Briarlev farm, and ever afterward the visit had remained a sunny memory, as she walked the c ty streets where her lot was cast. A course of varied fortunes had taught Lena adaptability. With an ease that was amazing she took to her new inheritance and her new cousin, to the cultivation of small fruits and the manufacture of preserves. From the first Hannah and Lena were companionable. For Hannah it xrss n story that never grew stale to hear Lena tell of the experiences of her checkered childhood, a story that Lena told with a quaint, detached amusement, as if it had not been ker??lf at all, and always with a protecting tenderness for the pair of unpractical parents who had been so helpless and so loving. Hannah's life seemed strangely meager beside that of the girl of twenty. [ _ "I'm afraid you'll be lonely here." j Hannah said, as they sat together on tl* front porch in the summer twilight. "Xo," answered Lena, with decision. "Ever since I can remember I've always been moving, but this is home." As the weeks went on they grew more than companionable. It seemed to each that she had wanted the other for a long time. Then came on the part of each an effort to live up to the other's opinion of her. Hannah had seen how Lena's keen young eyes looked through people: she had heard her forming judgments that showed a relentless common sense. Would those keen eyes see through Hannah herself one day? "She thinks I'm a Briarley!" groaned ""Hannah. "She's all Briarley herself. ' I did think this summA' I might get some rest, but I shouldn't dare, with her In the house. That's the Briarley of itr Sadly enough Hannah remembered I how ofteu her old Aunt Eunice had ' said that if Hannah's hands had been more capable and her feet swifter, there need never have been a mortgage on Briarley farm. O that mortgage! J How Hannah hated It! Yet that summer she toiled as she . had never toiled before; and all be cause there had come into her life a young person, energetic, fiercely bating sloth, a young person merry and full of good cheer and good to have about, who looked at Hannah with eyes full of admiration and of love. On her first arrival Lena had given the accounts of the farm a sharp inspection. She had found out the assets of the Briarley preserves, and the amount of the mortgage. The idea of mostrrflfVA *roe K1 ^aaiie tn hoi* Qhfl iuc LUVii^a^ uuo uiucvuo iv uti. ?.'wv and her cousin would work until they got rid of It and the Briarley farm was theirs. Therefore Lena learned the secrets of strawberry runners, and of the thinning of blackberry bushes, and clad in a blue pinafore, toiled over the steaming sirups until, in one short summer, her currant jelly equaled H:.uuah's. and her black raspberry jatn was just a shade better. But it was really all very new to her, and her efficiency was at the cost of a strict self-discipline. She was here at last on the Briarley farm, that fairyland of her childhoood. and, since Lena was but twenty, and had never had time to be young, the farm itself appealed to her with an intoxicating delight. What a place the apple orchard was for dreaming! But apples. Lena had to remember, meant beautiful am^er jelly, and jelly meant dollars, and dollars meant mortgage payments. T.p?>n admonished herself to take rat torn by her cousin Hnnnab, for whom this toilsome summer was 110 first oxpericuce. and who stepped so unwcar,<^|edly about the old kitchen. To Lena all the farm?the cleau. shadowy barn, the orchard in which the indolent locusts droned, the nestliug cornfields ?called, "Come out of that kitchen and enjoy me!" "I wonder," Lena asked herself. "If Cousin Hannah ever wanted to play. I suppose not. That's the Briarley of it! Well, I'm glad I've got Cousin Hannah, if I do have to be a Briarley now." It seemed to Hannah that the farm drove them like a taskmaster with a lash. In June, close together, tame the 'strawberries and the cherries; before they are past the red raspberries and the currants; then black raspber? 1 lost her sonbonnet somewhere on the J P way, and her hair was: loose. She i ^ knocked her heels against the tree I trunk in time with a little song she 1 hummed. f j Her luncheon over, she rested her chin on her hniuls, her hair tumbling about her rosy face, and she became gradually pensive. "It's a perfect holiday." she said, i "except for one thing, and that is?I J-I wish I had some one to play with." She started suddenly. Who could . possibly come visiting this far corner : u> see aooui mo?e quinces, iou can manage the apples -without me, can't you? HI weigh the sugar to-night. After I've seen Caleb, I'll maybe go on to Davidstown. I can't tell. I'll be gone nil day. perhaps. I'll take a lunch with me in case I don't get home for dinner. You won't mind being left alone, since you'll be busy?" "Oh, no! I'll have a chance to show you how much I can do in a day all by myself." "1 know that well enough already." answered Hannah, with forced animation. She always did feel like a sneak in the presence of the fierce Briarley energy. The next morning early Hannah drove away. She was composed enough until she was out of sight of the house, then the gipsy lights woke in her eyes. For a short distance the road skirted her property. Hannah looked at her tidy fields with some resentment. "It's a pity a woman can't have time to enjoy her own farm!" she muttered. "1 declare I'm going to have some time oft", if I do have to steal it from her!" with a glance back in the direction ^ .t. %_ I oi me nouse. At that little word came a sudden c revulsion of feeling, for Hannah knew * that at that moment lirr one wish was * to have that same person sitting beside 1 her in the buggy, jogging along behind * the old ambling, amiable horse, with a holiday before them. Hannah did go to Caleb Miller's, but 1 no farther. She was honest in telling * Lena that she did not know what she ' should do afterward. What she did do i was to turn round. I Left alone, Lena washed the break- 1 fast things with hands that trembled. 1 She swept the speokless kitchen floor c in nervous haste. For just a moment t she stood surveying the shining plates i of sugar on the table, the empty Jelly c tumblers gleaming in the sun, the t bushel basket heaped with apples un- 1 der the table. Then she turned to the a range, where burned a clear, steady Are, an excellent fire for jelly; and after a moment's hesitation she turned r off the drafts. J She ran into the pantry and quickly s put up a lunch for herself. She drew 11 the shades of tlie kitchen windows, I took down her sunbounet fvom its pes & and closed the door behind her. Out- fl side, she turned and addressed it: s '"Kitchen, I'm not coming back all 1! day. I'm going to play with my farm!" b It was a lovely, lazy August morning: ? baby clouds were floating in the blue c overhead, there was a droning of bees t . in the air, and warm summer odors s were breathing from the mignonette r bed and the orchard. t If you had been a well-behaved and prosaic hen on that farm, you would have thought that Lena had gone mad. t but she was only playing. When she b was a little girl she had climbed the s orchard trees, and swung on the forked k branches; she had jumped from the p barn rafters down into the fragrant u hay; she had wandered, singing, up c and down the avenues of cornstalks. n She did all of these things again. She p lay on her bhck under the orchard n trees, and again, listened to And how C noisy the grass can be with all the o busy life that goes on down there, e So the morning went on, and pres- p ently, incredibly soon it seemed to e T.enn n flist.mt Tvllistle ill the villa CO of Shackleford booomcd out the noon hour. "Time for mo to have my picnic!" h cried Lena, jumping up. She would have it?just where she used sometimes e to carry her suppers on that visit long y ago. She had quite forgotten that on the first occasion it had been her cousin ^ Hannah who had showed her the spot, i< You follow the stone wall, overgrown with wild rose vines. You dip down s the hill out of sight of the house, of :l the barn, and on you go until you reach the clearest of little brooks running u through the greenest of meadows. The stream turns and twists in tor- j] tuous fashion, and all its turns are t outlined through the meadow by the low willows that skirt the banks. In j] one spot an old willow, half-uprooted. j; nas fallen across the brook, forming a live and growing bridge. Blackbirds, c black-winged and red-winged, are noisy 0 in the willows all day long, and little minnows flash through the brown, peb- n bly depths of the stream. You may ^ hang over the willow bridge and watch j them. Lena climbed out on tlie old tree tmnk. and sat there, swinging her feet n over the water while she ate. She had t j3OT|T IaJUH rKYt ? Oh, beautiful for jtlory tale Of liberating striie. When valiantfv, for man's avail, Men lavished precious life. America! America! May God thy qold refine Till all successes be nobleness, And every gain divine! Oh. beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam I'ndimraed by human tears! America! America! GoJ shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea! ? Lee Bates, in The Congrega tionalist. Y HOLIDAY, i*; D K1RKLAND. | ries and blackberries: anil while your < bands are still stained from these, apples and apples and apples! Right in : the midst of these, come the cucumber pickles, and these you must keep close picked for your life, or else the proper finger length will be grown a hand's i span in a night! The pile of dollars in the savings ' bank grew larger and larger. A few < more busy summers and there would i be no mortgage, and Briarley farm : would would be theirs indeed. But, O i dear, to stand in mid-August and look ] back over a summer, and see no vacant ' spot into which you could possibly have packed a holiday! To look ahead and 1 see nothing but pickles?green toma- : toes, red tomatoes, cauliflower, cab- i bage?pickles lasting on and on into October! Hannah Overton loooked at her summer and made a resolution. To herself she said: "She's young, and she'll still have time." To Lena she said, as they sat at the tea table: "I'm going to borrow Hiram Hand's 1 team, and drive over to Caleb Miller's I of the farm at this horn- of tlio (lay?! f Vet some on? was surrlv moving along . on the oihor side of tlio brook. ' Lena did not stir. She peered vainly 1 ' through the screening willow branches. ? Some one was coming across by the | willow bridge. The branches parted? a face appeared! j ^ Tlie old-maidenly bonnet was hanging i ma by tfie strings, the neat-brushed hair j wa< bad come loose into naughty little girl- ' flgi Isli curls, the eyes were shining, the an(i cheeks were as red as Lena's: at that 1 an^ instant, framed in the green willows, she looked, almost as young. "Cousin Hannah!" cried Lena. * "Lena!" gasped Hannah. i st01 Then they broke into a laughter so of merry, so prolonged, that the black- awt birds flew off in a protesting flock, stre The girls bad not known that they could laugh like that. They laughed we] until it seemed that they could never j ^ =poak again: but laughing did more , * than words could have done, and ex- 8 01 i .t 1.-.1 abb [JiaiIK*U III (ii'ii i lit-j iiau in*H'i uimci" stood before. At last Lena spoke: ! Red "Cousin Hannah, the next time we bed take a holiday, let's take It together, tnd?and?let's not be Brlarley's anT ; <p more."?Youth's Companion. " wvj ' ster London fogs are of local origin, al- ^ though their cause seems to be not fort 'ully understood. Kew loses only teu lng per cent, of the annual sunshine the through fog, while Westminster loses , cani thirty-six per cent. C Two London investigators are seek- stre ng persons, who in the dark, can see j BICI colored rays from the human body i ?<>r md flashes from, n magnet. Frofessor ! [ieichenbach is said to have proven ^ hat thirty persons in every one ban- gtE lred can see the latter. rest A The trustees of the Forcy Sladen ploi [ Ttnd for the assistance of scientific fle,c esearch, the establishment of which vith an endowment of $100,000 was ^ay ecently noted in scieuce journals, will gta1 lold a second meeting in November i wjji ;o consider applications for grants. j3 \ ? m The ingenious adulteration iately deocted by a French chemist, consists ^an 11 the addition to poor or skimmed uilk of cheap fats?such as coconnut em jutter or pork dripping?and thus (ringing the proportion of faty mat- : er up to the standard required by the O nspectors. The foreign fat. which J poll oay be dissolved out by benzine with- | mar ut affecting the natural fat, is appar- , j>res lit when a clean glass rod is dipped | iiiu iuc uiu&t cuiuiaiuvu" \ ion producing small granules that ad- j js n lore to the rod. j the aga A new* adhesive that has gained pop- offic llarity in France is a mixture of ca- w-hi ?eine and tannate of lime. In prepar- bav ng it. a solution of tannin is preeiptated with milk of lime, the liquid is >oured off and the precipitate is slow- jg f y dried. This dry calcium tannate su'c< s then ground in a mill with dry \\ aseine in the proportion of one to disp en times its weight, according to the thej lse to be made of the adhesive. The the ompound dissolves in water, .petrole- noD un, oils and carbon bisulphide, adicres very strongly, and is applied 16 a paste with water. the What seems to be true mimicry in D lants has been pointed out In South roar tfriea by Dr. It. Marloth. Of four whi' ingular species belonging to the gen- ^an is Mesembrianthemum, two resemble ioth in form and color the quartz pebiles among which they grow, and the thers have each two leaves about the \ ize of a duck's egg, with a surface Gra; Ike weathered stone and a stone like the rownish gray color tinged with green, trol it least two of these species do not *'hi' hange their characters under cutiva- c ion. A species of the genus Anacamp- ^on. eros has leaves covered with white apery stipules, and also resembles ; tjjel he surrounding quartz pebbles. J acqi J don California, that wonderland of vcge- casl atlon. has also produced for a num-' mad ier of years, in a commercial way, two ilk worm eggs that And a ready mar- vaa< :et in Europe. The California Ex- ?a^ icriment Station has recently taken ip anew the problem of silk worm ulture, with the idea of divising a aethod which will reduce the cost of Bi roduclng raw silk. The European 80n larket absorbs all the silk worm eggs lalifornia produces, but the expense day f producing the silk is too great to at $ uable the silk worm growers to com- \ ete with Oriental or European grow- i rs. are: Ban Life its It Keally Is. ers The man of grand impulses sheds a istre on all around liim. I When a woman says she is of little j j) onsequence she 'loos not expect she tietl rill be taken at her word. gair A man usually estimates his value Woi ccordiug to the scale of his own male- nuir ag. i C0IU Men speak of women's vanity as j omctliing which is part of every worn-1 n's make-up. j nair The kiss of love lingers long in the mG. neniory of a woman. 1 the When a man undertakes to prove his emp mportance he Is inclined to overstep I lie mark. Every woman feels she knows just < iow far to go in the matter of assistag nature with her face and figure. s^ai] Many commanding men are easily 'e ontrolled by those who seem to b# 1 . tlier than commanding. j busi The woman who thinks she can man- j ge her husband's affairs never makes j t'on mown how she would do it.?Pittsburg I e x. * u Pref Dispatch. The The primary schools of Bangkok an iow attended by over 10,000 pupils ol tati< ?oth sexes. to 1 abn BICAGO IN BAD WAY bor Strike Assumes Alarming Pro-orlions and Bloodshed Results OOT AND CLUB ON SUSPICION jhting Was Even More Savage Than Monday's, Men Being Shot Down ind Beaten or Kicked Nearly to Death in the Heart of the Business iection. 'bicago, Special.?The death of one n and the injury of scores of others 3 the immediate result of Tuesday's iting between th" striking teamsters I their sympathizers on the one side, ! I the police and the non-union men j the other. There were riots in all ts of the city. Men were clubbed and ; nod almost to death within a square I police headquarters, and five miles j ly men were shot down in the ;ets. At a hundred places between j se two extremes of distance there | e assaults and fights in the streets. i-union men were pelted with aes. bricks and every other conceiv? sort of missies. They were dragfrom their wagons, beaten, cluband stamped upon. ? EMPLOYERS DISUNITED. 1 he Team Owners' Association^ ch employs none but union team-' s, flatly refused to make deliveries iny of the firms involved in the ke, when asked to do so by the Emrers' Association at a conference at Union League Club. When the embers received this ultimatum they Ifled the team owners that unless request that no discrimination be ie in deliveries were granted, an efwould be made to have all exlsteontracts between team owners and business houses and the railroads celled. Ask For Troops. hicago, Special.?Rioting in the ?ets in connection with the team's' strike was so prolonged and so ce that many of the leading bucis men have concluded that there [ be neither peace in the city nor ?ty for business interests until the te militia has been called out to ore order. committee of members of the Emrerfi" Association left for Spring1 to confer with Governor Deneen to request him to give orders to State troops. The labor unions e several representatives at the te capital, and it is likely that they also be heard before any action :aken by the Governor. Chief of (ce O'Neill says he is confident that has control of the situation and keep peace in the city. Mayor ine supports him in this view ana | declared that in his opinion the 'rgcncy has not arisen requiring presence of trooDS. BUSINESS MEN'S PLEA, n the other hand, business men it to the long list of injured which ked the rioting of Tuesday and the iter number of persons who were t Wednesday, and declare that se lists of injured alone are sufflit proof that the police department ot sufficiently strong to cope with I situation. No complaint is made inst the police department, for the ers have dispersed every mob with ch they have come in contact and e guarded wagons night and day i 1 the greatest vigilance. But dee the utmost efforts of the police j ting continues in the streets, and ; if possible, more vicious on each I needing day. Ihile policemen have been able to >erse mobs and guard the wagons, r have not been able to prevent many attacks that are made on -union men in the business of the alone. The situati.on, business i say, will be ten-fold worse when ress wagons and retail delivery ;ons are sent to remote parts of city. espite the orders of Mayor Dunne, iv waenns of concerns against ch strikes have been declared were I died by men armed with rifles and j t guns. Buys Atlanta Journal Stock. tlanta, Ga., Special.?James R. y, editor and general manager of Atlanta Journal, purchased a conling interest in the Journal, of ch he has hitherto owned a minorl>f the stock. With Morris Branand H. M. Atkinson. Mr. Gray in 11, 1900, purchased the paper from i. Hoke Smith, H. H. Cabaniss and r associates. Mr. Gray has now lired the holdings of Messrs. Branand Atkinson. The trade was for i, but the figures have not been le public, but it is said that these gentlomen realized a large adce on their purchase. The Jourwill continue under the sole manment of Mr. Gray. 1 $100,000 Fire. / ristol, Va.. Special.?Fire at JohnCity, Tenn., starting at 12.30 Tuesnight, destroyed property valued 100,000. Insurance will cover half loss. Among buildings destroyed Christian Church, City National k, Cargal's Gallery, Webb Broth Sr. Williams. Silver's stores. 1 P4..I \KJ r\ rls a re 1 run dug oi^ci nwi r\w? , etroit, Mich., Special.?The thir- j ii annual convention of the Amal* | iated Association of Iron and Steel J rkers began here, with a large j iber cf delegates in attendance. A j plete reorganization of the asso- j ion is being urged by several of | lodges. The principal plan suged provides for a change in the le, form and government and hods of arranging wage scales for various branches of skilled labor j doyed in iron, steel and tin plate Destroying Boll Weevil. exico City, Special?The gold idard went into operation without slightest jar or disturbance in ness circles. The finance departit had by a series of new regulars and laws smoothed the way for . adoption of the gold standard. The ' sent peso is worth 50 cents gold. : final completion of the monetary idard is hailed with general satision, especially by great transpor- ' an lines and importers who have buy heavily of raw materials ' >ad. ] \ t sJlTB CAkflLINA CROP ^BULLETIN! ?. I Weather Conditions Given Out t>y the 1 Department Observer. The week ending Monday, May 1st, I hoH nra^Mf a!lv nnrmal tpmnoratiirp Although the first of the week was , cooler than usual, the last few days were very warm, with maximum temperatures above 80 degrees on the 29th j There were rains on the 2Cth, 27th | and 29th, with hail in a few places, , and destructive high winds in Union and Saluda counties. The preeipitai tion averaged somewhat over an inch j for the State, though many places reported less than an inch, but over the i entire State enough moisture was sup- j plied for the present need of all crops and for germinating recently planted seeds. There were excessive rains in the central and eastern counties that delayed farmwork from one to three days, but as a rule, the precipitation i was needed and proved very beneficial, j Plowing and planting were interrupted, but made fair progress with the soil generally in fair condition. ; Cotton planting is more than three- t fourths finished, and early plantings are coming up to good stands; some cotton has been chopned in the eas- 1 tern counties. There has been soma ! < replanting done in the central counties where the nights have been too , cool. Corn planting is now confined , to bottom lands, and generally to the western counties. Early corn has good stands but it is being severely dam- I aged by cut and bud worms, necessi- | tating considerable replanting. The , corn that was cut down by the recent ! frAeto AAm In r? Ant orroin en/1 nrill I i i uoio AO V.V/1UIU5 v/ui again, auu ??? not need to be replanted. Early cotn Is being cultivated. The wheat crop is being damaged fcby the fly in several northwestern counties, but is otherwise promising. The oats crop was scarcely injured by the frosts, and with the exceptions in the southeastern counties, is in a promising condition, though heading too low in places. Truck was greatly benefitted by the showers of the week, and is promising except peas, which were injured by the cold weather of February and again in April. Some white potatoes were completely destroyed by the frost, while the larger portion of the crop is making a new growth. Large shipments of strawberries are being made. Protected peach and other fruit trees were only lightly touched by the frost of the 17th of April in the extreme northwest, while exposed trees had all tneir fruit killed; the damage Is less in the central counties and very small in the eastern ones. Apples are r.ot promising. Pear trees are blighting badly. Rice planting has not yet begun in the Georgetown district, and Is about finished in the other districts. Tobacco transplanting is well advanced generally, and finished in a few sections. Melons and other crops are now doing well. Pastures afford excellent grazing. The season is from one week to ten^days later than usual. ?J. W. Bauer. Section Director. TO BRING IN FOREIGNERS. Commissioner Watson Arranges For Formation of Immigration Colenies to Locate in South Carolina. Columbia, Special.?If arrangements which Commissioner of Immigration Watson is perfecting with Mr. F. A. Salaman, an Englishman living in New iorK, are carried oui, a numoer 01 new lumber manufacturing concerns will be ( established at various points in this c State with English labor, which will j be colonized later on. on the lands , which are thus cleared. Mr. Salaman returns to New York, after a confer- ? ence with Mr. Watson, with whom he c has been in correspondence nearly a ^ year. The Englishman has been In this. State about ten d*.ys making a personal examination of the largest available <! tracts, and he intimates that three or c four of these properties will be taken ^ over. He is backed by New Jersey financial interests. After organizing a things at this end of the line, he will go back to England and organize his * colonies, which he will first use to * gather the timber an<i afterward settle 1 on the land thus cleared. a Mr. C. J. C. Van Wyngaarden, who 1 ? 4^ ma441a a T"\h4aK a/\1a*>v \ r* +IKa 3 IS IU 5CUIC a I'UUU tuiuu; iu State, after a lecturing trip through h Holland, during which he will dlstrib- c ute Illustrated South Carolina litera- t ture, printed in Dutch, leaves Charles- n ton by the Clyde Line to-morrow. He 1 will sail on the 10th of May for Rott*f ' dam. Mr. Watson is now about to y lect a man to .put a similar schero* < I Germany. c Negro Accidentally Shot. Spartanburg, Special.?While driving a buggy along the public highway a Sunday night about 11 o'clock, Gus J Wallace, a negro, was accidentally ? shot and almost Instantly killed by ^ the discharge of a shot gun which he o carried. The load entered the abdo- * men. and the man lived only a few ? minutes. Walace and another negro, * it appears, had a difficulty a short time before the accident, and Wallace was waiting for his adversary to pass along the road. A friend of the dead negro, passing by in a buggy, invited t him to ride with him and the invita- t tion was accepted. r South Carolina Items. f Chick Springs Transfer company. 1' Capital J400. D. H. Bull. J. W. Kon- t drick, J. A. Bull corporators. r Brown Lumber company of Walhalla. Capital 110,000. L. J. Brown, president; L. M. Brown, secretary and ? treasurer. Dillon Iron works. Capital $10,000. J. v D. Haselden, president and treasurer, j No other officers. Directors: T. A. t Dillon, J. H. Davis, J. W. Moore. T. G. t, King, T. B. Stackhouse, George Benedict and J. H. Hamer. Charleston Coco Cola Eottling company. Capital $10,000. W. K. McDowell. James ?. Cross, corporators. News cf the Day. A large barn in Loudoun county, Va., a containing many horses, cattle and ; ? much ether property, belonging to (] Judge Youmans. of the Court of | v Claims, was burned. I ? 1 c A memorial window presented by ] t the Maryland Daughters of the Con- [ federacy, will be unveiled jn the Maryland Room. Memorial I1W, at Richmond on May 9th. ^ New Enterprise^^ 3 The following new enterprifcs were ii given charters and commissto^: e Fanners' and Mecha^^c bank of ^ Florence. Capital $23,00(TCorporators: & J. W. Ragsdale, E. M. Matthews, W. M. s Waters. ^ Interstate Trust company of Green- t vine. Capttel $100,000. J. F. Capers, i; W. E. Beattie, N. C. Poe, E. A. Smyth, c L. W. Parker, W. Haynsworth cor- , porators. y ? T ? ,-if - "Tjp 1B? EDTAfVILLE LTNC1EIS Henry Edwards Has Been Kept in the | Penitentiary For His Own Good. ' Columbia State, 2nd. Henry Edwards, the State's witness in the Eutawville lynching case, was sent to Orangeburg Monday in charge < of a guard of the State penitentiary. 1 Edwards has been kept at the State ; prison ever since hi3 arrest, for it j was feared that violence would be i done him if he were left in jail in j 1 Berkeley county. 1 The so-called lynching at Eutawville j was the assassination of Keltt Book- j hardt by parties unknown the 7th day of last July. The negro had been put in jail on the trivial charge of having t exchanged epithets with Henry Ed- * wards. That night the negro was tak- { en from the flimsy structure used for ' keeping prisoners and his body was r found two days later in Santee river, 1 having floated and brought to the top a heavy grate bar which had been tied around his waist. The body gave evidence of inhuman treatment at the hands of the fiends. The ears had been cut off and there were other marks of violence to show In what manner the murderers had tried to degrade the body of their victim. Governor Heyward's attention was dinwed to the crime by a letter from Mn^J. D. Wiggins, magistrate at Eut^ville, who denounced the murder and and begged Governor Heywand to Lake some action. Accordingly Governor Heyward urged Solicitor Hildebrand to go to Eutawville for the inluest. The Pinkerton Detective agen- c 3 WOO ?1CU CVUilliUUILtWLCU Willi a 11U 1 Inspector Demaio was put on the case. I The investigation resulted in the ar- t rest, after three months, of several s white men of prominence in that sec- r Jon. 3 These men were kept in custody at * :he penitentiary until the 17th of De- j lember, when a preliminary hearing f ivas held at St. George, Dorchester :ounty, Magistrate A. E. McCoy pre- ? dding. The preliminary was held at j, 5t. George because that point is on c Jie railroad and was as accessible as 8 Elutawvllle and more accessible than J VIonck's Corner. E With one exception the prisoners s vere remanded to jail to await trial, o 'Piney" Martin was released, as he ? lad been arrested on a warrant intend- t ?d for "Penny" Martin. The others b ndicted are: Henry C. Edwards, who t confessed and is being used as th? >rosecuting witness; S. A. Eadens, the c :onstable in whose custody the negro ? vas on the night of the lynching; J. o H. Palmer, a policeman at Eutawville; c ?enny Martin, Andrew Martin and Ad- f ?er Butler. The latter was released as t lothing could be proved against him. h The crime was supposed to have oc-1 ~ nirred in Berkeley county, and the ac-1 ? used were taken to the county 9eat, donck's Corner, where they have been ying in jail since last December. Sheriff J. B. Morrison, of Berkeley ^ ounty, who was here a short time ago, y leclared that although his Jail is but n i log hut, the prisoners have been ^ luite comfortable as they had the use g >f the yard in the day time and, as le expressed it, "were getting as fat c 13 pigS." " But when the case was called for * rial at Monck's Corner in January, ? Solicitor Hildebrand sprang a surprise. !* ie had had the territory surveyed, j* md while it is true that Eutawville s in Berkeley county, still the place . it which the murder was alleged to lave been committed is in Orangeburg " ounty. The case was thus transferred o a county in which there was not so c ouch personal feeling and interest. It ? p probable that at the approaching m of court, the defendants' attor- P r*ys, Messrs. E. J. Dennis and J. W. iaynes, will make motions to take the ? oka har>k to Berkeley county. . 11 Fire in Edgefield. Edgefield. Special.?Monday morning ,t 12:30 o'clock the home of Mrs. C. . Asheley in Buncombe was discovered * m fire, and before sufficient help reach- c d the house the fire was beyond con- a rol and it was totally destroyed. Most d if the furniture was saved. Mr. J. L. e lims was the owner of the property r nd it was partially insured. Mrs. b isheley had some insurance on her b fleets. b g Sentence Commuted. Governor Heyward has commuted o life imprisonment the death senence of Sam Marks, the Darlington * legro sentenced to hang next Friday f or the murder of the white man, Hil- v iary Langston. Much feeling has i< teen aroused in Darlington about the natter, and Marks and Mcses Ham. ii rho was given a life sentence for com- a dicity in the crime, were brought here $ o prevent them being lynched. There * vere petitions and counter petitions vith reference to Marks, and even 0 udge Aldrich and Solicitor Johnson z. ook opposite views, the latter conending that Marks should hang j tl Crop Damage on the Brozos. Houston, Texas, Special.?The Braos river is flooding the bottom lands ill along the valley from Hearn south 0 Richmond*, and rising slowly at the bi atter place. The water is a foot and ii 1 half deep in the town of Columbia, jj tear the mouth, and has spread over a cnsiderable area of farm land. The t a lamage is greatly lessened by the j e; larning. which enabled farmers to | ;et their stock out. but the loss to 1 otton and corn will amount to many i a housands of dollars. I v* v Publishers at Charleston. Charleston, S. C.. Special.?The J"' iouthcrn Publishers' Association met ; t the Charleston Hotel Tuesday morn- t tig at 10 o'clock and after being call- j is d to order by President Cabincss. of i itlanta, was welcomed to the city by j v fayor R. Goodwyn Rhett, the re- tj ponse being made by Mr. Cabiness. a ifter a short business session the par- v j. was taken in hand by the local en- -j ertainment committee and took a flyng trip through the city on trolley ars, stopping at the custom house rharf, where all embarked for Sulli- 1' an's Islaad and the Isle of Palms. * J PALMETTO^ AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest . In Various Parts of the State, i _____ Geneal Cotton Market. Middling. ."lalveston, quiet 7 5-8 Siew Orleans, quiet 7 7-16 Mobile, quiet 7 7-16 Savannah, quiet 7 1-4 Charleston, quiet 7 1-4 Wilmington, steady 7 3-8 Norfolk, steady 7 6-8 , Baltimore, nominal 7 3-4 Mew York, quiet 7.85 3oston, quiet 7.90 Philadelphia, quiet 8.10 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid o wagons: Strict good middling 7 5-16 Icod middling 7 5-16 Strict middling 7 1-2 Vliddling 7 3-16 Tinges 6 to 6 3-4 Stains 5.00 to 6.00 Report On Wreck. Columbia, S. C., Special.?Railroad Commissioner Earle Thurtday filed his eport on the wreck of the Ogden special last Saturday morning, and the :ommission set May 23rd for the hear- , ng when the crews of the two trains he yardmasters at Greenville, the op- , ;rators and dispatchers handling orlers affecting either train and ths sup(rintendents of the Charlotte and Savmnah division will appear in answer o summons to give evidence, and will >e asked to bring copies of all orders ind telegrams affecting the moving of he special. No passengers will be sumnoned. The report asserts that Greenville vas not notified by what is known as 'order No.- 31", which the yardmaster eceipts for in triplicate, the operator hecking back "complete" to the dis>atcher, but Commissioner Earle retorts that Night Operator Lebby told dm that he placed a copy of the schedtie of the special on Yardmoster Pausaux's hook before 3 o'clock Saturday norninsr. Mr. Earle was unable to see dr. Fausseaux, but he makes this sigliflcant report of an interview he had vith Yardmaster Riser, who succeeded ^aussaux at 7 o'clock. 55 minutes beore the wreck occurred: "I saw John Riser, Jr., who came >n duty as yardmaster at 7 a. m. Mr. User says that he went to his file hook n the telegraph office soon as he came n duty; that he relieved M. G. Fausaux, who turned over no orders to lim and said nothing about a special rain; he further says that there was to orders on his file concerning this pecial train. He went immediately >ut and at the time of the accident was t what was known as the "overhead ridge' (a distance of 535 yards from he telegraph station). Mr. .Riser says ie had no notice of the time at which his special train was to arrive, but ;new that such a train was coming in ome time, and that it would be thirdlass (it being an extra), and that his fork train would have the right of w^y n the main line; that he received a opy of the schedule hereto attached fter the wreck, getting a copy of it rom the dispatcher, but understands bat a telegram, a codv of which fol dws: *4-29-05. Extra 1010 Ogden speial train reach Greenville 7.55/ was laced on his file at 7.18 a. m., while e was at this overhead bridge." Shot in Dispute. Spartanburg, Special.?Thos. Jones ras shot and instantly killed in his ard on north Church street Thursday aorning by Thos. Godfrey. Godfrey vas taken in charge by the police hortly after the shooting and is lod;ed in the county jail. Jones was shot down very near his >wn doorsteps and in his lot by a leighbor, Godfrey, whose lot is nearby. it the time of the tragedy Jones was itting in his front porch awaiting a treet car to go to his shop. Godfrey pproached from his (Godfrey's) house nd holding out some pieces of grape ine in his hand, inquire of Jones il e knew them. Jones replied in the egative. and Godfrey insisted that he tid. This caused Jones to emphatially state, without the superflous use f oaths, that he . did not Godfrey aade some remark to which Jones relied, calling Godfrey a liar. Gr "frey rew a 38-calibre pistol and fired one hot at Jones. The ball entered Jones' 5ft brest and plowed to the heart and i a minute or more the man was dead. For Highway Robbery. Marion, Special.?Harvie Bethea and lenry Walker, two notorious negro haracters, claiming Latta, this county, s their home, were arrested a few \ ays ago, brought to Marion and lodgd in jail on the charge of highway obbery on the person of Pres Campell Saturday night They were rought before Magistrate Oliver and ound over to next term of court of eneral sessions. Charters and Commissions. A charter was issued Thursday to he Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of 'lorence, capitalized at $25,000. J. W. tagsdale. president; E. M. Matthews, ice president; W. M. Waters, cash;r. The Pee Dee Furniture Manufacturig company of Hartsville was given commission. Capital stock to be 10.000. Corporators. A. M. McNair, J. 1. Ford and M. S. McKinnon. The A. C. Touchbury Lumber Co., f Charleston was chartered, capitaliition $300,000. A. C. Touchbury. presient; F. G. Davie, vice president; J. . Fleetwood, secretary, Charles Hill, easurer. South Carolina Ifems. The music festival held at Spartanurg last week was a splendid success l every way. These festivals aro eld annually and are always largely ttendcd and highly interesting to lov* .... nt nrormfnaIv orfictir- ni'isif. ?0 v*. The convention of Kind's Daughters nd Sons was held at Charleston last eel:, a large number of delegates and isitors being in attendance. Manning, Special?The heaviest ain of of years fell here Thursday af^rnoon, the fall being five inches ui an our and a quarter. ' Much dajiage ; done to streams and bridges and a nc cow belonging to Mr. W. S. Harin, was drowned. Many bridges iroughout the country ar^ washed way and all access to Manning with ehicles is cut off on the Santee side, 'he damage cannot be estimated yet ut will be heavy on the county. Palmetto Lumber company of Cojmbia was chartered, capitalization 5,000. N. H. Driggers, president; Joel l. Smith, secretary sad treasurer. ----- ? ?- " - - - . . _