The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 06, 1905, Image 2
Mow to Write i
Sw
Hy Kate Thorn.
(rBnuiiinnt^x the llrat place you want a
?g?I Titles are everything.
||kI B Remember that, and *
pH&sns given you a title that will
the reading public.
Don": Iv "sparing in th
olaniation points. Thev c<
tiiey are wonderfully effective.
Spend about on the critics. Tli
?2o apieco. If you can inuuce the critit
The Pacific Triangle, t?? say that your h
it is calculated to corrupt the minds ot
father would permit it to !? read by his
body will buy the hook, just to see how
you what, is their motive iu buying so
your pocket.
To denounce a new hook as immor:
bought and read, and the author and pi
The storm of critic'stn which assai
tune to him: and the sam might be si
a score of others.
If the critics had let the Ilyron cr
parding it wott'd have "hat! only a '.oca
got rich out of it. as somebody did.
All of which goes to show that the
does not trust the critics to select their
It always amuses us when w take a;
as wo et-neraily do. a sentence like this:
"We protest against this book."
We wonder who cares how much InWe
have heard a dog protesting adid
not aff'et that luminary in the ,-i:
show was in town, wo heard an obi ia<
one of tho tigers. hocauso it "s<>t hor 11
verso animals refused to !? ctuiet.
One essentia! to a successful hook
never been much in a book store has 1
carries with it. Half the people who
covers?bindings which w 11 look w. ',' (
They pay their money, ami they have a
ings.
Advertise your boo!" in all t!o> bad
success. Advertise it. Keep it before 1
are not afraid to put out money on i;. i
tt.cir money in itv purchas *.
Dedicate it to some at. it man of th
So much the better. People like humhui
eating books to n.others and si>ters- e
permit the slang?played out.
If you can only manage to l ave h?
or some divorce suit of no:oriety. your b
<f course, everybody who writes a look
Finally, nev. r for a moment indulge
cessful liook unless you are peculiarly i;
are rich, you can push the sales right ;
rot expect to get ricl; by bookmakii a.
Don't Lose Y>
Hy tlie ICditor of t iie <
said the other day
Aceriiii!; another woman: '
The speaker meant t
^ discouraged?and was v.-n
woman's mental uist urban
ami ultimate loss to her o.
to carry responsibility s.
This is a pity, isn't it?but as tne w
oouraged you are?don't seem to be Io.?
loosening on your efforts and duties, ta
and if you cannot climb, just har.g on to
scorch your brain?don't set m to be levMake
it apparent that you have co
to yourself the trust of others in your
this preaching into effect?but you'll ha'
There are lots of hard tiling? i.> do
artistic success?and one of the hardest
title of adversity is swe; uing you oft j
calamity in your darkest hour is to seen
So hang on tenaciously when every
eles are coming your way?don't forge
never sympathizes, and soon forgets the
All this is cold comfort for the day
telling of one way of the world?so don
on, although you fail today, and make a
on beginning until you succeed. There's
It is honestly done. There's credit and
beginning on a failure. A man did thi.
with anvifiips ami difficulties tl
for a clear retrospect, lie held on and
said:
"What splendid energy and persever
The man won the confidence of the
again?had he lost his grip, the world w<
end even the memory of him would hav<
What is Your I
By Caroline.
1-UlHAPS you have never re
I most important thing in tl
I Your mental vision?tl
kMfnVM more importance than the
For it is your way of
foresee between happiness
The life of one woman?Helen Kelle
to be happy even though we have neve
of those we love.
llut there is nothing in store for tl
except the lunatic asylum. Tins woriu i
So take care that yo ir mental eye is
you have to encounter.
Eyeglasses have done much to corre
eye. It' only some equally simple devic<
the mental vision, what a different plap
For there is no doubt it is the met
between this world being an agreeable o
Every one has moments of thinking t
world is upside down. It' these momeii
hours will surely grow to days, the da:
misery.
If in our bluest moments we could i
is nothing either good or ill but thinkit
making a good start toward getting the
How Olive Oil Is Made. *
The olives, stones anu ail, are lirst [ t
crushed iu a stone mill run by ox ' J
power. Th<> mass of pulp is then t
transferred in tlat wicker baskets to j'
the "torchlo." or oaken press, from t f
which the oil oozes into a vat beneath, j
The presses at Dievolo are very old. j
elaborately carved with the arms and [ t
devices of some early pardone. Tre- J ?
mendous pressure is applied through | ,
a primitive capstan arrangement. ; j
which the men work by heavy wood-1 t
en levers, walking round and round j ,
on the stone floor in a track much I f
worn by the tread of laboring genera- A
tions. The re are commonly two or ,
three squct/.ings of the pulp, the product
of the lirst being of the finest
1:.,. i>,,f ttip nroerss once be
qUii.il.>. ...^ ...
>nin. must be carried forward contin- t
uously. ivst the oil should -pji! in the
making. It is finally drawi off into j
huite earisen jars of immemorial pattern.
like those in which the Forty j ,
Mean Trick on Thirsty Citizens.
April 1 loxiuc. d no better joke than
the ot:<> which va- plved on the bihuIons
citizens of I'or: Me. The
city w:ft thou as no>v in a v? rv "arid"
conditbw and the joker procured a lot
of Ike "vaiid pee lis" use : by i be wily
pock* i \ ndo: of ikir.-i dack. which
he til'e 1 with u rich brown brow of
tea. The < ]; - w<:e then driven
iu cot ' and ha d to j r. . r.r too ready
access by ibe rhir. ty victim and the,
whole th in it disposed of at prices that j
would have made the Portland barkeep
of a month previous blush with I
fcbamc. j
I
a
:cessful Book
taking title.
udgcl your brains until thry nave
at first sight arouse the curiosity of
e use of capitals, and italics, and ox>st
no more than small letters, and
ie niosr of them can be bought up for
of the Atlantic Paralcllogram. or of
-i- i - : tomlunnv flint
AJUK li* llllllll'iai III
the young, and that no Christian (
family?your forune is made. Evervwiokeil
it is?and it don't matter to
long as the money finds its way into
?1 is to insure its sueeess. It will lie
lldisher will make a good thing of it.
led Charles Reade was worth a fortid
of Dumas. Itulwer. Swinburne and
mtrov* rs> alone?the publicat 011s reI
circulation, and nobody would have
reading public chooses for i?.-df. and
Inioks tor then;.
i a so-called criticl.-iu and come acioss,
protests"
aittst the shining of the moon, but it
ght> st. and las: fall, when Itanium's
iy protesting against the growling of
arves all liighty tighty." but the peris
to bind it well. A person who has
10 idea of fire influence a gooiferorer
buy liooks are looking after nfcght ,
in shelves. Well, who blames tnlkn?
perfect right to have an eye to bind
ing newspapt rs. Advertising insures
he people. Let them know that you
mil they will take courage and invest
e day. No matter if he is a humbug,
its. The oM-fashioned system of dedlithcr
dead or living?is?if ycu will |
n connet 'fil wi'h some murder case,
ook will sell a groat deal better; but.
cannot expect to be so tortunate.
the dream that you can write a sue"dependent.
It can't be dene. If you
thcad; but if you are poor. yoa need
New York Wet klv.
r tgf
our Grip.
Jliiencjo Journal. .
. in the course of her comment? con"She's
losing her grip."
hat the oilu r woman was becoming
::ng toward d- -pair. That the other
ce was obvious, meant tiie gradual
the conlidcuce of others in her ability
orld got s. it's so. No matter how dis-ing
your grip. If you feci one hand
ko ati overgrasp with the other hand,
the situation. No matter how doubts
ing your grip.
ufidence in yourself?and then assure
capacities, it is very hard to carry
t'c to do it in ord r to achieve.
i:i sustaining a business or social or
is not to seem discouraged when the
our feet. .lust the same the direct ;
j to he losing your grip.
uody can clearly read that only obstat
that the world casually pities, but
> tosi grip.
of need?but it's simple and straight i
i't seem to be losing your grip. Hold 1
new beginning tomorrow. Keep right j
no disgrace or shame in failure when
compelling desorvance in building a
s a while back when actually hv was j
bat be didn't know which way to turn
began again, and his contemporaries |
ancel"
world because he held on and began ;
juld have called him weak and foolish,
1 become a puerile shadow.
r
3oint of View ?
alized that your point of view is the
be world to you.
le condition of your mind's eye?is of (
eyvs with which you see the outer i
looking at things that makes the difand
tinhappiness.
r?has proved to us that it is possible
r seen the light nor heard the voices !
ie person whose mind's eye is closed
las nothing but misery tor such a one. J
; properly adjusted lor the little things j
rt the perverted vision of the physical
s could be discovered that would help
e this world would be!
ital attitude that makes the difference
r a disagreeable place in which to live. ,
hat the times are out of joint and the \
ts are allowed to grow to hours, the .
.'s to weeks, and that means constant ;
realize the truth of the saving. "Tliere
ig makes it so." we would at least be
proper perspective.?New ^ork World. :
Fhieves of the Arabian tale concealed
hems elves for nefarious purposes.
Vnd it stands thus for a week in the
idjoining clearing-room. < ailed tne
Yhiaratoio," after which it is ready
or the market.?Scribner's.
Wants Her Money's Worth.
Very serious are the responsiblllies
of the author who writes serial
uories for a public not yet educated
ip to?say?Maeterlinck, remarks ttie
jondon Chronicle. A lady who knew
hat her servants were reading a cerain
serial inquired of the c<rok her
minion of the story. "Well, ma'am."
vas the reply, "we wanted to know
vi.at became of .Mr. Treherne."
The mistress explained that Mr.
rreherne was but a minor character,
ind that something mast be left to
he imagination of the reader. The
ook considered, and retort* d: "Hut
don't "old with paying a halfpenny
i day for me story ami then aving
o think for nivseif."
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Bird's Nest Weighed Two Tons.
A monster bird's nest, weighing
more than two tons, was discovered in
the steeple of the (trant Stre?' Presbyterian
church at W'ilkcsbarre. Pa.
Workmen who are tearing down ilie
steeple found they could not open i
the traj? door, and had to cut in from i
tite outside. Then they found the door |
held down by a mass of straw, hay, |
strings and twigs, large enough to till
a hay wagon.
It has been accumulated there by
birds during the thirty-five years the
church has stood, and in all that time
I ao one has gone into the steeple.
OPENING OF SIMMER SCHOOL
I
T.ie Largest Number of School and
College Workers Ever Assembled
in South Carolina.
Clentsen <S] < rial t"
I?ia State.- The State Summer S? ho?-l
tile State Te.'leliel's" Assorial i? -II
e.tnhtned make th' largest gatherin ?
of teaehcrs ever assembled m South .
Carolina, so Air as this writer re. alls.
The regular enrolled attemlauee at
the summer school is now about
ami there is a lar;:: number bestib v i
attending the association. The total
is now estimated at
The exert ises of the assoeiation !? .
gait with a ?iuat'tette by Messrs. S. M.
KdliMituls. K. I. I iitglies, |)r. A. L. Mate
< {tester :iiul ! >r. J. I.. Matin, accompanied
hy Mrs. F. S. Shiver. The
niartef to was enthusiast i.ally rei\ed.
Dr. K Y 1'ressly. president ;
f llrshife College. then hin prayer. '
r?t:ue .-?i; ; ij m him > >1 .u m ?? iwu
!>. !>. .Martin x : ti intro duoed Col. K.
\\. Simpson. chairman <>;' the board j
tif trustees of CI< College. Mr.
Vianiii told of the hard work Col. j
s : "!>< ii had done ; r education in ,
i:i- anittous labors looking to ilio
fi.nteiing of Cietuson College'. C't.l.
Simpson Jinn tnaele tho acid:ess of
wclccano. ifllin^r tho teachers that ttte
doors of the college \vtre thrown wide
oiceti and tiiat everything and everybody
was at their service.
Prof. A. (i. Reiilhert, of Wofford College*.
chairman ol' the executive committee,
was called on to respond on
behalf of the association. He said
that it was an honor to be invit* d to I
Clentson College, but that to be we!- A
coined to a spot made sacred by ono^
of the noblest live s that have enrichecrj
the history of our country was more
than an honor.
i'rof. Remhert then introduced tiie
president of the association. Prof. P.
T. Brodie, of Cietnson College, who
r ad a carefully prepared paper deal
in g with th great problems before the
pubii schools.
The lii-st discussion was on the introduction
of uiaiin.il ttaining iut(> the
common schools. Prof. W. M. iliggs,
of Cleinson. h-d off and contended that
manual training could not profitably
be given in such school:?that is. sin h
manual training as is given in < ; 'leges.
The main obstacles were cost
of equipment and time for the work.
Superintendent 10. I.. Hughes, of
(Jreetiville. agree d with Prof. Kiggs as
to cost and la.-k of time, hut maintained
that some of the simpler and less
expensive methods ought to be introduced
into .til of our schools, and gave
strong reasons for his beliefs.
Tin- president then announced the
1*1 II ?-a-?iijr < omniitici's:
On nominations: i'iof. Fat tenant
Wmdlaw. Sept. E. L. Hughes. Sttpt.
S. !i Edmunds, .Mis.; Minnie Macfea?
and Mr. K .S. Mct'owan.
On iv-oiiitiens: Or. J. 1.. Mann. Dr.
J. IV Kii.vd end Mis.*Selby.
Atmiting committee: Sttpt. E. S. Pro!)"r.
Sept. .1. E. Poland and Prof. F. E.
Hinnant.
o.i memorials: Snot. A. II. Hanks*
Dr. V. Y. Freely am! Sunt. M. W'l
Peurifoy.
Tin* s< notary and treasurer. E. \V.
Phk. of Abbeville, without whom the
as* nation could hardly exist, va;
kepi busy coilee.ig dues last night. He
is the best secretary ami treasurer
ti < an be found, and has hold this
office almost from the beginning of
the a>soc'at:on.
The following members of the Stat *
board of edit nation are here for the
met ting of that board to be held tomorrow.
Hon. O. B. Martin, Messrs. ,
A. Ii. Banks. \Y. K. Tate. J. E. Boland.
I). \V. Daniel, A. (1. Konibert, If. M. '
Aver and A. J. Thackston.
ft"' are well renresetited at
ilii' State Teachers' Association. Front |
South Carolina College are: President
Henj. Sloan, I)r. A. C. Moore. Prof. F. j
Morton Colcoek and Prof. Patterson
Ward law; front Winthrop. Dr. D. H. j
Johnson. Dr. J. P. Kinard. Miss Minnie j
Macfeat. Miss Wvcliffe. Miss Kathar- i
ine Mulligan and Miss E. E. Lumpkin:
front Erskin, Dr. F. V. Pressly; front
Wofford. Prof. A. (1. Remhert: front;
Furinatt. Prof. M. D. Earle; front the j
Greenville College for Women. Miss ;
Evelyn Conner; front Clemson a large j
tntnther of the members of the faculty. \
Hon. J. J. McMahan, of Columbia,
cannot forget his love for school work,
and lie is hero for the association.
Col. J. J. Dargan catr.e yesterday, j
Ho will lecture during the session of j
the summer school.
Hon. and Mrs. M. id Ansel, of Green- j
ville. re here.
Prof. Joseph Sp? ncer Stewart, of the
University of Georgia, is expected |
here today. He is to speak tonight.
Reduction of Freight Charges.
Columbia. Special.?Re ent correspondence
lictwcrii lilt' si'cirtiiry ol t. j .
South Carolina Wholesalers' A. ocia- ,
lion ami the traiic managers of tiy
large railroads doing business in tiii.- |
State st reac t ben tlu* hope indicated in
this correspondence several weeks ago '
that important freight reductions are
to he granted this territory in the near
future. The agitation which the piedmont
commercial bodies started in the ;
beginning oi the summer against dis- i
el imination in favor of Atlanta points '
and a ie, ent decision ol .Judge Speor, !
i:i C'Oigia. m which he deeided that
the Southern bad 1:0 right to raise the
rate 0:1 lumber, have had an important
bearing in tiie < ase. it is thought. The
Southeastern Freight Association is j
.-ui I io be working out the problem of ;
making certain ie dictions, but in such !
a way as not to disturb present com- j
n>< vial conditions, ami to this end is i
oihvtiag copies of way-bills an i bills j
of lading s\> as to base calculation on I
amounts shipp< d.
< ..iiricis n:;;i t uuiiun-.i m: ill iw ?
number of iuipo: taut now enterprises.
The Ma:shali-Wcs ott Han d ware Com- j
I?any. of Charlt sror.. was chartered with 1
a capita! of SiM.noa; K. H. Pringlc,
ptv.-i i ;it and treasurer. and G. T. j
Prlngle. .<.'( :< :ary. These were com- !
missioned: The Palmetto Paint Company.
Cuiunibia. capital. ?l'.*>.h00: cor|k
ators. \V. A. Tunader. W. 15. Low:
;i:ii V. .i. Murray; iiie Sumter
Colt ti Wareiioiss' . ': yital. ^Ja.nuu; the I
Lya .? :i??n Company. Columbia, ;
('" iyii._. capital. en. corporators. ;
(\ .1. Lynch and I. H. i.etton: the!
Woodsi.lc Cotton Mills, of GieenviUe, j
inc:cased its ;j i;: 1 JuO.O'iO to i
jJijtMl llllll.
Tried toA_ynch 7 Negroes.
Nashville, Mc\\r\.. Special.?A ties-j
Iterate atte?>t was maiVo at Seotts-;
ville. Ky.. m lync h seven young no- j
grot s in jau^here charged with ar-.
son and several other crimes. Cool-1
headed citizens persuaded the mob!
to wait, saying there were others who
had not been apprehended. Other
negroes charged with being accessories
were arrested early Friday and
placed in jail. The feeling against
the negroes there is very bitter,
I 1 > *
Mil Of ^If
sudden Summons lame
and Famous
DEATH WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED!
? ? ?
The Secretary of State Had Passed
the Most Comfortable Day of His
Week's illness and Slumbered Quietly
Up to Midnight. When His Feeble
Summons Brought Nurse and
Doctor.
Newbury. X. II.. Special.?Secp fary
of Stale John Hay died r.t lii.I'.l Saturday
morning. Tlu* signs immediately
ptveeeding his death were those of
pulmonary embolism. Mr. Hay's
condition during a!! of Friday had
been entirely satisfactory.
The bulletin of Secretary Hay's
death was signed by Charles I..Scolder.
M. 1).. and Fred T. Murphy, M. 1>.1
Newbury. X. H.. Special.?The body
of Secretary of State. John Hay, whose
unexpected death early Saturday has j
caused sorrow throughout the land
and evoked expression of sympathy j
ml regret the world over, lies in a
Room of "The Fells," the quaint gam-1
brel-roofed mansion which for 14 .
years had been the summer home of
the Hay family.
Just otto week ago the Secretary at-.
JOHN
rived at this village from Washington J
wearied with the cares of state and '
anticipating a "long summer's rest." I
The same launch in which Mr. Hay j
made the short trip from Newberry
to the landing at "The Fells" convey-1
ed relatives of Mrs. Hay to the cot-,
tage. where they brought sympathy!
and help to the stricken woman and
her only son.
The only members of the Secretary's j
family at "The Fells" when the end j
came were Mrs. Hay and Clarence'
Hay. Mrs. James A. Wadsworth. of;
(leueseo. X. Y.. a daughter, has been
ill recently and had not been at Lake.
I
True Bill in Murder Case.
Tampa. Fla.. Special.?The grand j
I
jury Sunday morning brought in indictrntnis
charging Irving Hopkins
Wilder as principal, and Samuei li.
Wilder as accessory to the murder of
0? ar Brannon. After receiving the true
hil' . Judge Wall discharge : .:< jurors
a:i ordered the court to take a re. ess
uir.l next Wednesday morning. The
W: biers are out on bail.
King Edward Sends Message.
' ster Bay. I.. I., Special.?The first
cai icgram received by the President
fr< ..i a foreign ruler regarding Mr. j
!i \'^death canto from King Edward. I
as follows:
"London. July l. j
the President:
I beg to offer the expressions of my :
d? pest sympathy on the occasion of j
:! death of your distinguished Secrets
of State. Mr. Hay. whom I had
t! pleasure of seeing very recently.
1 1 "font country over
i!ir? iur.*> u/ itiv w
. 'iich vou preside will lie :i national
.e. EDWARD K."
Off For the Funeral.
Newbury. N. 11.. Special.?A special i
tin bearing tii" body of Secretary of j
ate John Hay left Newbury Sunday i
r Cleveland. 0.. whore the interment !
ill take place.
The funeral party rousisted of Mrs.
i.av. the widow: Clarence Hav: Dr.
Ciiarlcs I.. Scuddcr. of Boston, who at- 1
tended Secretary Hay during bis last ,
illness: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Matbei.
ot Cleveland, the latter a sister of Mrs. '
Hay. an 1 S. A. Raymond, also a relative
of Mis. Hay.
Convention Adjourns.
Asheville. Special.?Tho Young Pen- j
pie's Missionary Movement Conven- J
tion at Kenilworth Inn closed with
an enthusiastic session. Dr. J. S. i
(lonelier, secretary of the Presbyter!- :
an board of Sunday schools, delivered
a brief address in which he drew at- j
tention to the necessity of increased
efforts along educational lines. The |
secretary of the conference was instructed
to send cabled greetings to
similar conferences to be held shortly
in England. ; J1
to Renowned Diplomat
Statesman
Suuapee t!iis season. Mr.-. Payne
Whit any. another daughter. id on her
way to Kurope.
Mr. Hay died at 11'.2"> o'clock morning.
The last moments of the statesman
were peaceable and the end
eame almost without a struggle.
The suddenness of it all was staggering.
The Secretary Friday had
passed the most comfortable day since
his illness began, a week ago. He
was to sit up Friday. The patient
had bidden his wife ami physicians
good-night at 1" o'clock. An hour !att
r he was sleeping quietly. Almost
at the .stroke of 1'.'. the Secretary was
seized with a turn. He called feebly
and a nurse responded. The sick man
was breathing with great difficulty,
i?r. Send h r was speedily summoned
and it required but a glance for him
to determine that the end was hut
minutes away. The household was
aroused. The wife reached her husband
as he was breathing his last.
The son. Clarence Hay. hurried into
the sick room, but was too late.
ITDMOXARY EMHOUSM.
Death was caused by plumonarv embolism;
according to Dr. Seu.lder. The
patient did not suffer greatly in his
last moments. Aside from great difficulty
in breathing, there was no struggle.
Stimulants were ineffective. The
Oyster Hay. The second was addressed
to the State Department at Washington.
The others were sent to
friends of the family. Dr. Scudder returned
to "Tile Fells."
1 CO Escape.
Lilian, By Cable.?A hundred mutineers
who refused to surrender with
their comrades escape 1 to the forests
where thvy are still at large. The party
attached and robbed a:i old man in the
suburbs. During the mutiny three men
were hilled ami six v ere wounded. All
is ijniei at the commercial port, which
situated a short distance from the
war spot. The reports that navigation
is interrupted litre are untrue.
Mo Effort to Capture Insurgents.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The unprecedented
spectacle of a powerful
modern battleship cruising around in
the Black S<*a in the hands of a crew
who. under the rules of international
law. cannot be regarded as other than
pirates, and of the admiral in command
of the rest of the Euxine fleet
frankly confessing his inability to cope
with tin.- situation, and ordering me
fire of his warships to be drawn, has
stupefied the Russian Admiralty.
The whereabouts of the errant battleship
Kniaz Potemkine is unknown
hen*: no plans for capturing iier have
been made, and the policy of non-interference
seems to be at present in
vogue.
Conductor Killed in Freight Wreck at
Franklinton.
Raleigh. Special.? In a head-on colli-;
inn of two freight trains at Franklinton.
on the Seaboard Air I.ine. Fri
lay night. Conductor Hudson, of Wellon.
was killed. He was in the cab of
the south-bound, the latter having failed
to tnk> the siding. The engineer
and fireman jumped, but riiib.on real;!
;h d on I it*, cab. Hot! i trains v. <r.niiuly
wrecked.
Taft Party Start For Philippines.
Washington. Special.?Wm. H. Taft.
Secretary of War. accompanied by a
distinguished party, including members
of both houses of Con en ss. array
officials, the daughter of tl; President.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, and others, began
their journey t<> the Philippine Islands
at 5:30 o'clock Friday after!
noon. The party embarked in two
special cars on the regular train over
the Baltimore &, Ohio railroad.
HAY.
Secretary lapsed into unconsciousness
and seemed to fall asleep at
last.
The consternation of the household
was complete, and it remained for L)r.
Scudder to assume charge of affairs.
After two hours the physician was
driven to the village, where half a
dozen telegrams were dispatched. The
first went to President Roosevelt, at
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
The directors of the South Carolina
section of the Department of Agriculture
issue the following bulletin: The
temperature during tho week ending
S a. m.. June 26th. averaged 4 degrees
per day above normal. The extremes
were a maximum of 100 degrees at
Florence on the 23rd. and a minimum
of 'it; degrees at Greenville o:i the 22nd.
There was more than an average
amount of bright sunshine. Although
there were no destructive wind storms,
VI t tlinro lvoro fn brisk winds
oki it day which. btdng hot and dry. had
a wilting effect en all vegetation, and
caused the ground to dry out very fast.
There wore scattered showers on several
da\s during the middle of the
week, most numerous in the extreme
western and ninth western border countries.
and widely separated in other
parts. By far the larger portion of the
State had no rain. The showers were
i heavy in parts of Oconee. Barnwell and
Florence counties and were generally
light elsewhere. There is urgent need of
a general rain in all parts of the State
though the drought is most severe in
the central counties where the ilefii
icncy since the lirst 01" June amounts
to from two 10 over three inches, there
having occurred no beneficial rain duling
this month. In many places the
giound lias become baked and hard and
unworkable.
Farm work made rapid progress lining
the week where the soil was fit for
cultivation, and practically all fields
have been rid of grass and weeds, are
in better condition than at any time
this season.
Cotton is suffering less from the
drought than other crops, and made a
T>nr."?.l in'nmvnmpnt n'fhnuirh the
plants continue small and are growing
slowly. Cotton has now a healthier
color. and is fretting normally with a
marked inetease in the area from which
bio unttig is reported. The improvement
ir confined prin. ipa'ly to cotton on
heavy soils, while on sandy lands the
crop continues poor and unpromising,
and in many places lousy, and the
plants have a s:ckiy appearance and in
a few se rions are shediling their lower
leaves. Sea Island cotton is in good
condition t?ut has begun to wilt in
places.
Corn is suffering for rain, and early
corn is very poor: later plantings are
letter but will soon deteriorate unless
it rains. Most of the March plantings
have been laid by. Worms continue de?ure?
rive in the western counties. Tobac-o
leaves ara ripening and some of
the lower ones have been stripped,
cured and marketed. Wheat and oats
hat vest is now finished. Tide water ri'-e
is doing \ el!: June plantings in the
Georgetown disa-ict arc coming up to
fairly good, sian is. Gardens doing
po : iy. Shipments of peaches are heavy
from the Kidge section. Cantaloupe
shipments have begun, and water mel
ons wiil be marketed next week.
Pastures a:e failing, it lias been too
dry to plant peas on stubble lands.?
J. \V. Bauer. Section Director.
No Sunday Freight Trains.
There have been complaints made to
the railroad commisison respecting the
operation of freight trains on Sunday.
The transportation companies claim
that they are not violating the law and
that whatever hauling is done by rai
1 " ?<? >? a.iniliv ic >\v mnani!
IUtl'1 tUlUjiailKTO I'll OUiL.u;
of through freights of perishable cargo,
starting before 12 oVlock Saturday
night, and such trains cannot be stopped?having
the protection of the inter!
state commerce law. However, in order
I to put the railroad companies on their
guard and to prevent the handling of
: trains in violation of the lay, the commission
has adopted a circular letter
which has been sent to the transportation
companies and the members of the
i lommissfon will receive information as
to special eases of violation of the
| law.
$140,000 Improvements.
Strother and Moore, railroad con*
I tractors, of Orange. Ya., have been
| awarded the contract for making $100.1
000 improvements in the Southern
Railway yards at ureenvmc. a. u.
Work will begin at once. The improvements
consist of a handsome
new up-to-date round house, an elec!
trie turn table, and a number of .arge
tanks.
A handsome new passenger depot,
costing about $10,000, is nearing completion
at Greenville.
Captured After Two Years.
| Cordele, Ga., Special.?Sheriff Clewis,
; of Dooly county, has gone to Mont,
gomerv, Ala., there to meet Sheriff
Walters, of Chatahaula parish. Louis|
iana, who has in charge George BundI
rick, wanted in Dooly county for murder.
two years ago. of J. H. Shrouder.
| Andrew Brundrick, brother of George,
was involved in the shooting, but was
| captured and is now serving a life
sentence. Mrs. Shrouder was shot at
I the same time. Though it was thought
iter wounds were fatal, she recovered.
J Go rge Bundrick was working at a saw
; mill at Jena. La., when captured.
Big Corporation Chartered.
Trenton. X. J.. Special.?The Southern
Power Company was incorporated
here Fr.day with an authorized
capital of $7,500,000, of ulmh $2.5o0,1
oOo is perferred stock, bearing 7 per
' cent, cumulative dividend, and $5,000,000
in common stock. The company
is to furnish power fur light and heat.
, The incorporators are: R. Ik Arrington.
E. 1$. Sperry and W. K. Journeav,
Jr., all of Jersey City.
First Bale New Cotton.
1 Galveston. Texas, Special.?The first
j hale of cotton of this season's growth
; was marketed on 'change Monday. It
i came front Itoma. Star- county, Texas.
and was classed good middling. The
I hale came seven days later than last
! year, and is the first bale of cotton
raised in Starr county in five years.
It was auctioned off and sold for 30
1 cents per pound.
Collision Sinks Schooner.
Cape Henry, Va.. Special.?The Norwegian
steamer, George Dumois, Captain
Soresen. which passed in Sunday
night, had her bow badly damaged in
: a collision at sea with the schooner
i Clara E. Bergen. Captain Edwards. The
, schooner was sunk, but the crew were
J saved by the Dumois. The Hergen
I sailed from New York .Jane US for
' Charleston, S. C. The Dumois is a
fruiter and was on her way from Danes
to Baltimore.
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Many
Spart
nestla.v
between
face
a r e
to
unfortunate
his
lived
time, and for ilie
been
ted
ca
the
deceased boarded on
'IhT*
to h a
wanted, he discovered
no one the a H
was at once instituted, which res^^^^^^H
in the finding of the dea 1 man.
deceased left no note or message.
I body was carried to Martinsville,
1 home of the deceased, for burial.
Accidentally Shot. sH
Gaffne.v. Special.?As a result of the \
accidental discharge or" a pistol in the
hands of his friend. Henry Smith,
Stanyarne Wilson lies seriously woundded
at his father's home. It seems
that at a late hour Wednesday night a
party of young men were ,>i the Ross
pool room which was in charge .of
Smith. When the hour fir closing^arrived.
Smith drew Lis pistol from a ^
show case and unbree.hod it to see
whether or not it was loaded. He then
bn celled it with a snap and the weapon
| was discharged, the bullet plowing
along Smith's left thumb an I forefinger
, am! striking Mr. Little in the abdomen v
i just below the ribs on the left side.
' He was at once removed to his home
and several physicians w re summoned.
The full extent of his injuries are
1 not yet known, but it is believed that
neither the bowels or blab ier are punctured.
which, if true, makes the . nances
oi his recovery better.
!
Pacar Pulp Fs:tary.
(!cc:getown. Special.?Mr. D. H. ,
Greene, who for some time has been
looking around for a sub able location
for the paper and pulp factory which
he has organized with a capital of
stem nun Vioe riofi-iirflv ibviiled UDOn
Bucksport. on the Wac- amaw river,
and the plant will be er- ted and put
into operation at an earl;' date.
The capacity of the mill will be about
40.000 pounds of pulp per day. to be
increased shortly to 100 pounds per
day and. will employ approximately
130 hands. The Richardson Cypress
Lumber and Shir.gle Company is located
at Bncksport and the owners of
this plant has b<en main';' instrumen'
ral in securing: the pi:'.;) plant for
Rue ksport where it will b* in such close
proximity to the boundless quantities
of the raw material. The paper pulp
factory is expected to ii > an immense
business, which will be of important
benefit to this port.
The Davenport Case.
Newberry, Special.?The trial of Mr.
Thos. J. Davenport for "he shooting
of Mr. P. C. Smith, from the Kinard
j section, commenced la * week. Both
1 parties are prominent ra ?n. and the
trial has excited a grea* deal of interj
est. The trouble occurr* i last July
on the edge of Mr. Davenport's plan'
tation when, after some little riitfiefllty
about a road through the place, he
shot Mr. Smith through the right
breast with a 38-calibre pistol, the ball
coming out about the shoulder blade.
For several months it was not known
whether Mr. Smith would recover, but
he is now practically well.
News of the Day.
The administration of the estate
of B. H. GasKUI. deceases. rormeriy a
Philadelphia broker, is alleged to
have disclosed that financial institutions
of that city lost between $730,im?
and $ 1 .000,0*00 through alleged
forged certificates of stock.
S. P. Shechan. former secretary of
the Democratic National Committee,
died of apoplexy while in the midst of
an address to the National Interstate
Independent Telephone As.-oc iation.
College Honor System.
Asheville, Special.?The honor system
of governing college students was
discussed in the conference of Southern
College V. M. C. A. men, W. D. ,
Weatherford. general secretary for the
South, telling of the installation of
that system in th<- University of Tennessee
and University of Arkansas.
In these institutions, Dr. Weatherford
>aid. a student senate has been formed.
where all cases of dishonor or misbehavior
are judged, and where found
necessary, the student is expelled up1
ou its recommendation.
President of Georgia Senate.
Atlanta. Ga., Special.?Senator W.
S. West, of Valdosta. Ga.. representing
iho sixth district, was elected president
of the Senate, it required 31
ballots to decide the question of the
presidency. Governor Terrell's mes;
sage was today read before both
houses of the General Assembly. Governor
Terrell will tomorrow be inaugurated
Governor for the second tin.ev
A gentleman lecture-l here last
week, says Goodwin's Salt Lake
Weekly, his theme being principally
the technical schools of Germany,
wiiere tnousanus 01 suiueius ?iuuua?
annually from technical schools and
find immediate employment in the
manufactories of that country, with,
the result that Germany is fast becoming
the foremost of manufacturing
powers, although the lecturer admitted
that in all first-class works in
Germany. American tools are used.
If after centuries of effort even Germany
is obliged to send to America
i for tools to place in the hands of her
workingmen, it is clear that the
1 genius after all is on this side of tho
sea, only in many important lines It
has not yet been carried out.
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