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GREEK VICTORIES
Lsnd and Sea Eogaemeats
Successful.
VAL ABE STORES CAP
TURED IN COAST
TOWS.
Athens, April 23 -After the boraf
dardment of Katerina cn th gulf o
Sal nica, when the Greek squardron
bad put to fight Awo battalions of
Turka and the inhabitants of that
place, t!iie Greeks entered the en
trenchments and found that the Turks
: bat left the immense stores of Edhem
Paaha. The valuable stores had
been left almost unprotected, 1 in the
be ief by the Turks that a blockade
of Greece by he fleets of tbe powers
would prevent the Greek fleet from
attacking the Turkish towns on the
I gulf of Salanica, which are near the
railroad station of Sal nica, and
wfcich have been used to land stores
v for the Turk army and forward them
to the front The capture of these
towns, not' to mention the loss of
ste res, places a serious difficulty in
the path of Edhem Pasha. lt is
j stated here that as soon as the Turkish
co mmander in chief heard the news
of Platamona and' Katerina he dis
parched 10,000 men to guard the j
coast of Macedonia, fearing a flank j
attack from the gulf of Sal nica. The j
Geek fleet, in returning from the j
\^ ^ capture of Katerina, bombarded the
post of Letchori.
COK TANTINE- CHEER3.
London, April 23-The Athens
co-respondent of the London Daily
Chronicle saye that Crown Prince
Constantine bas wired to King George
;as follows :
"The Turks are quiet to-day, owing
to our success yesterday (Tuesday),
~e have destroyed the Turkish bat
teiry at Ligeria. The Tarks have re
p red from Nezeros and Papsani. The
action of the fleet at Katerina was
excellent, it was in the fir6t line of
fire yesterday.'*
The Chronicle's correspondent
says: ''The Turks are greatly dis
- mayed by the destruction of their
: stores at Katerina and at Literochion.
Commodore Sachtouris destroyed the
- stores frcm~ihe coast to the foot of
Mount Olympus. Nothing remains,
therefore, for Edham Pasha to car
ry away but hunger The coast
road being barred, the only remain
ing road from Sal nica is the Verria
road, eight days from Elassona The
reports of the injury to the railway
Kline by the blowing np of-bridges and
. tunnels are confirmed
Financially every thing is going well
and the value of paper money bas
risen. It is reported here (Athens)
that the Turkish troops will be with
> drawn from Crete. Private advices
from Uno say that all the villages be
tween Katerina and Verria have
been burned A number of Greeks
who were wounded at Gribovali and
Binnacle to follow the Greek retreat,
I were shut up in a small church by
!" the Turks, who set Gre to the build
ing and burned them to death
THE SITUATION
London, April 23 -The Greek
te^cfearge d'affaires here has received a
i~; dispatch dated Athene to-day giving
i:the exact situation on the Thessalian
frontier from the Greek standpoint
It is as follows :
"Tn Thessaly in the direction of
Keveni and Boughazi, our fo:ces
have penetrated into Turkish terri
tory and have advanced towards Da
mazi.
"All the attacks of the enemy have
been repulsed in the direction of Gri
bolivi.
Our army has occupied a strong
position at Mati, where there has
been fighting since yesterday
"The Turkish attacks have been
repulsed
"The Greeks bad to retire from
Nezeros, falling back on the bank of
tbe Driecha, strong positions which I
they are now defending.
' In Epiro8 our army is advancing, !
and has captured Fort Imaret, Fillipi j
ada and several villages.
"The Greeks have aiso occupied j
Saiagora, capturing three cannon, a |
number of guns and a quantity of j
ammunition and provisions The
army is now advancing northward.
"SK0UZE3 "
HOW MATI WAS LOST.
Tbe Greeks Exhausted acd
Greatly Outnumbered.
London, April 25.-The Athens
correspondent of The Times will say
to-morrow : News ol the loss of
Mati was received here during the
small hours of Saturday morning I
The premier and minister of war were j
immediately summoned to the palace, j
where a council of ministry sat until j
after daybreak There was some dif- j
terence of opinion, but it was finally
decided, in view of the exhaustion of I
the Greek troops, and the numerical \
superiority of the Turks, to order a !
retreat to Pharsala. This decision
was reached because the defenses of j
Larissa are not strong and the open
plain favors the operations of Turkish |
cavalry. \. j
: stand will be wade at j
Pharsaia, which may once again be
come the ceue of a memorable bal
lte. t
The battle of Mati lasted ai! Friday,
the Greeks defending their positions
with great intrepidity. Prince Con
stantine and Prince Nicholas were
both continually under fire and the
latter greatly distinguished himself.
The Turks, strongly reinforced, suc
ceeded in breaking the Greek lines at
6 o'clock in the evening. The Tur
kish cavalry made repeated magnifi
cent charges and the Pghting continu
ed into the night. During the after
noon Col. Maoris (Cerudg) of the
first division, called for the support j
of Col. Marromiculis, commanding j
the second division The latter ar
rived fust in time to cover the retreat
from. Mali. At 6 o'clock, Col. Mar
romiculis, who showed great gallant
ry in his attempts to rally the troops,
wired to Gen. Smolentiz at Reveni :
MI am defeated and am retiring to
Kazaklar. Act according to your
judgment "
It is presumed that Reveni will be
evacuated forthwith and the whole
frontier abandoned. Gloom and des
pudency is set on every countenance.
The only gleam of consolation is the
report that Pautepigadia is out flanked
and the way open to Janina This,
however, needs official confirmation.
The ministers of interior and of
marine will start for Volo tonight
(Saturday) The former go on o
Pharsaia. It has been decided to
send a force of engineers and gend
armes which leaves Athens this even
ing to Epirus instead of Thessaly.
The government considers troops al
ready in Thessaly sufficient to main
tain the position at Pharsaia, while it
is regarded as highly important to
support Col. Manoa in his march on
Janina.
A French cruiser has left Phalerum
for Volo, where there is a panic at
the approach of the Turks. M. De
lyannie told me this afternoon (Satur
day) that the Turks had not yet oc
cupied Larissa."
FOUGHT LIKE HERES"
LondoD, April 25.-A dispatch to
The Times from Penetepigatia, dated
Saturday, describing the battle, says
the Greeks, though weary and with
out food or water, fought like heroes
Reinforcements they expected faling
to arrive and their ammunition being
exhausted, .they were compelled to
retire I met a score of them on the
road with cartridge belts empty and
completely fagged out. This morn
ing the Greek reinforcements arrived,
whereupon the Turks again abandon
ed their position. All Greek woun
ded who fell into their hands were
killed and mutilated by the Turks
SING GEORGE TO THE FRONT.
The daily Chronicle's Athens' cor
respondent will say to morrow :
"King George means to go to the
front and make a decided stand at
Pharsaia which was the line of de
fense advised by Gen Vesseur and
membersof his staff from the very |
beginning. The Greeks have de
droved the railway from Larissa to
Volo. It is reported that the Greeks
have arrived in the vicinity of
Janina "
Will the War End
Before tae Close of This
Week.
London, April 25.-What seems tbs
last week of the war begios tr-day it
ii hard by reason of conflicting tele
grams to understand the exact situa
lion. The powers seemed inclined to j
.thiel: the end is in sight as the) are j
disposed to intervene. It. i* thought
that intervention wili first take Steps in j
a suggestion of an arruisiice o which !
both combatants wouid doubtless agree, j
Great Britain bas been since yesterday !
in close comrounication with thn other !
powers, suggestong that the lime has J
arrived for hem to act. Tue French, j
italian and German g::vernc:(*n s bave j
already respooded, offprint! to agree, j
though Germany adds as a condition
that it wi!! be necessary, first to exact
a pledge from Greece to obey the
mandate of Kurope when it ta given.
The British foreign office is o; the
opinion that Greece will give this
pledge, a the disasters which have
overtaken her have proven that Turkey
possesses a formidable fighting machine,
a faot which must bave a sobering ef
eet. upon the popular demand for war at
Athens, and permit the Greek nation
to climb down without digrac-3, after a
superb vindication of personal courage
of Greek troops and gratifying demon- j
stratton of Hellenic patriotism.
If Greeks listen to reason and argument j
to be pressed by England at Athens,
and Russia at Constantinople, it isn't i
probable that a dectsion wi!! be reached
by Tuesday before which it is c<;t sup- j
posed br re that Edbeai Pasha or !
Ovarian Pasha wi!! have time to do !
more than to appear at Pharsaia.
Thc situation is carious and perplex- j
ing. Although fighting has been j
going on, a3 yet there has been no dr
claration of war The old adage that
war often deo ares itself applies here,
evidently. The Tut ks have invariably '
b cn aggressors, and when the GreekP,
at various points, have gallantly renell- j
ed the enemy and followed successes. !
orders have been invariably received j
compelling them tc stop just short of
tbe conquered positions. These orders, j
in many instances, have caused aban- i
donment of fruits of much fighting j
wjth heavy Ios9 and the spectacle isl
^{eatedly witnessed of the victorious I
force returning to its old position.
Tbis creates great astonishment
and causes free adverse criticism.- The
Greek troops can only suppose that
military reasons govern the situation.
Fur three successive days were the
Greeks drawn up io battle array in
front of Tyroavo and opposite 'the
mouth of Milouna pass, wi?b intervals
of brief artillery duels, with constant
marching and counter marching-a
mest wearisome exercise. This kind of
thing may speedily become demoraliz
ing, as it assurdly is most confusing.
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Bad Generalship!
Commanders Responsible for
Greek Defeat.
London, Aptil 26.-The correspond
ent of the Daily News, who is with the
Greek army,- sends a dispatch from
Tyrnavo dated April 23-Friday-giv
ing a descriptions of the fighting be
tween Mati and Deliler similar to that
given by the correspondent of The
Mail. He adds that the number of
Turks who took part in the engage
ment can safely be estimated at over
12,000, while the Greeks numbered
only 7,000. The latter were rein
forced by 5,000 msc in the evening,
bat it was then too late for them to
share io the battle. The Greek head
quarters were on a hill at Kirtiri.
Here the infantry reserves lay conceal
ed behind the hill. The infantry en
trenchments were a quarter of a mile
in front and the batteries- were on ci
ther side. The enemy first made a
combined cavalry and infantry attack,
but were repulsed with little difficulty.
Then began an artillery duel, which
lasted with few intermissions from 8
o'clock in the morning until 5 io the
evening. Continuing, the correspond
ent says : The Turkish shells came
screaming about us, but it seemed,
owiog to the long range and bad gun
nery, to have a predelictioo for a wheat <
field behind us. Soon the Greek sup
port on the heights of Losfaki, consi.-r.
iog of 2,500 men with two mountain
goos, joined in the fire against Grit
zovili, where the Turkish right wing
was posted. For hours the air was full
of screaming shells, chiefly shrapnel.
Fortunately for the Greeks, the thou
sand odd shells fired by the* Turks re
sulted tn barely 20 casualties. To
wards 3 o'clock io the afternoon it be
came evident that the enemy bad with
drawn his artillery in the ravine at Li
garia. The Greek mountain battery,
under command of Capt. Paikos, espe
cially attracted the enemy's fire. Shells
rained upon this devoted band, and
which, ignoring the Turkish fire, con
tinued shelling Gritzovali with admira
ble precision. Indeed the special fea
ture of the duel was the surprising
steadiness of the Greek batteries, in
which, with shells bursting around and
amid them, I did not see a man start or
a horse plunge.
About 3 o'clock the enemy's fire
began to come only from Ligar a.
Hence the Greeks turned their fire ex
clusively io that direction, firing bat
tery volleys, thinking that f/be enemy
was concentrated there and hoping to
pound them up against the craggy
ascent of Milouca pas3 ; but under
cover of this ostensible artillery retread,
the wily Turkish infantry rushed mad
ly along the foot of the mountains to-1
warda the entrance of Tempe pass and I
occupied the village of Deliler just in i
time to forestall General Mavromichalis, j
who was marching on the village with j
two infantry columns and three rquad- j
rons of cavalry. General Mavromi
chalis thereupon retreated to Kritiri,
without firing a shot.
Almost ooncurrenMy with hi* retreat, I
the commander at Losfaki heliographed j
to Larissa that the Turks were malling
a circuitous movement to ourfiauk him
and that his retreat would be- cut eff
unless he was immediately reinforced,
these two movements threatening to out
Sank the Greek army at Matt on both
sides, incuoed headquaters. ar .Larissa to j
order a general retreat which began at j
about dark, despite (be fact tba * several !
battalions cf infantry and three bat
te.ries of artillery, iuciuding the one j
commanded by Prince Nicholas, could 1
be seen crossing the plain from Tyr- j
navo to reinforce the troops. This de- J
eisioo caused consternation acaong the i
troops, who were uttcly bewildered by
such a step in the hour of apparent j
victory. They broke into a sort of j
panic, owing to 6ioister rumors cf a
Turkish inavsion through Bonhazi pass,
whereby it was said their retreat would
ba cut off. Various regiments were
scattered by companies before thc order
to retreat arrived, and as the order was J
urgent, the retreat became very disor- j
derly. While the long line of troops j
and trains of carriages and pack mules j
moved along the highway from Tyrnavo j
to Larissa, there was a sudden shout that '
the Ottoman cavalry were approaching, j
This made the single companies f*ce j
about and before thc officers could in- ]
tervese thoy iin-cl volleys into the dark
ness, killing t 7o ar,d wounding sis
Greek soldiers.
Tho army that was at Mari, including
ihe garris ns of Losf&ki r.v.a Proyhef
Elias, arc now in refre ; toward 'fyi
uavc.
The Serious Feature at
Atbens.
Kondon, April 26.-The most
serious foatr.re in th3 Graeco-Turkish
emergency is in the revolutionary feel- !
ing displaced ai Athens. Ks. Minister j
Kalli, leader of the principal opposition j
io the legislative assembly, threatened !
that unless the military staff was i
I changed be would issue a proclama
tion to the people. His statements
acted like oil upon fire, and the popular
, excitement bas flared up. Crowds as
i sembled in the streets to discuss them
and wanted to march to tba palace to
King George. Fortunately beavy
showers drove them* io door .
M. Delyannis, keenly alive to the
necessity of immediate action, bad an
audience with the King and
after the interview announced
that the staff of the Crown Prince
would be recalled and that ex-Minister
Ralli, with three of bis nominess, Gen
era! M avromicbaeli and Colonel Dim
opouio.(would bs appointed to replace
them.
Law Against Them
Liquor Constables Are Again I
Condemned.
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Special to The State.
Charleston, April 24 -Again to day
a verdict was found against the dispen
sary constables, for having violated the
injunction of the Uoited States su
preme court io seizing and confiscating
liquor, imported into tbe State for per
sonal coosumption. Yesterday a jury,
composed of citizens from every section
of the State, gave a judgment of $800
to William Beckroge and to day a jury
of equal intelligence which differed
from yesteaday's only in the prseoce of
several Charlestoniaos on it, rendered a
verdict of $300.
Eleven hundred dollars lost by judg
ments is a record which the State bas
made in the past twa days. Assistant
Attorney General Townsend, however,
has nude a gallant fight., but be lost
because of his case. The constables
were ordered to do acts wbich they ad
mitted violated the injonction of the fed- J
eral counts. They carried out their orders
and they have been tried by a jury of
their countrymen and fouod , guilty.
As a sequel, judgments are pending
against them, or rather tbeir bondsmen,
for thc above amount, and the State
will now bc called opon to reimburse
tbe bondsmen for keeping the consta
bles from within the prison walls.
F W. Jessen, who enjoys beer priv
ilege under the dispensary law, was
on the bonds of Harling io both cases
and Roach io one. He will now bs
forced to pay over $550 for his magna
nimtty and kindnes" to tbe dispensary
officers. James Reddy, wbo with
Jessen, were on Constable Harling's
and Roach's band in the Beckroge
case, is responsible for his cbare of the
judgment- 400 T. G. Disher, magis
trate of recent appointment, who stood
security for Constables Scott and Har
ling, is liable for half of the verdict
rendered to day.
The assistant attorney general ha*
served notice of a motion for a new trial
in the Herskowitz case, which was tried
to-day. Should a motion be made and
granted, the bondsmen may not be
forced to settle within the nezt 30 dajs
If the court refuses to entertain the
motion the bondsmen will baie
to put their hands down, ta their
rockets to make good teeir promises
The Crisis Reached on Lower
Mississippi.
New Orleans, April 23.-The mon
ster river stood still last night Clouds
gathered, but no raio feil Yesterday
was altogether a fioe day for work, and
great work was done. There is need
for ii New Orleans and her ovc-r-tbe
river protege, Algiers, have several
weak levees to look after. Just below,
in St. Beri.ard are taro, just above, j
taking' both sides of the rifer together, |
between hero aod Baton Rouge, are j
half a dozen.
New OdeaDS bas 2,000 meo at work
this morning, and other places have
many more Lumber io carloads and j
mud by trainload s are being used, aod |
the rally before the last da_\s or the
flood is magnificent. It is one of the
fioe^t fights io history, and only a few
days more remain, before the crisis will
be reached.
As previously stated, the battle has
had its leesons, and a great deal bas
been learned about the way to obtain
the most streng'hy levee-*, about revet
ments and about the importance of
proper drainage for the embankments,
a point which was heretofore almost eD
tirely neglected. Now the State ex
periment station at Audubon park
announces a number of intereMiog tests
in progress Various kinds of earth !
are b^ing submitted to uttor pressure, j
as to irs penetrability, and when the j
experiments are completed the science j
of levee building will be much more j
exact.
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A Richmond Va, dispatch, dated
yesterday says ;
"Colonel Mosby, the famous Con
federate veteran guerrilla, has a fight
ing chance for Iiis life," is the way !
Dr Hunter McGuire, who returned
to uight from thc consulation over his j
case at the University of Viigmia,
put it. li-* was terribly injured sev
erai days ti - runaway accident.
The suffering soildier was placed :
under the influence of either to day
and a more through examination of
his eye was made A siight facture
of the frontal bone near thc nose was
found. Nb operation was deemed
necessary and no unfavorable devel ;
opmeut has occurred. His mind is j
sightly clearer. His health general
ly is excellent and he possesses re
markable recuperative powers The j
chances for his recovery are about i
equal. '
On to Pinar Del Rio.
j Two Bodies of Cubans March
ing to That Province.
j Habana, via Key Weat, April 26.
-The Cuban general, Mayia Kodri
guez, ia marching to invade the
province of Pinar del Rio with 3.000
men. ile was seen yesteiday be
tween Bafabano and Guinez, near a
military line made there by the Span
iards to prevent his invasion of the
western province A big battle is
expected at any moment if the Span
iards do not open I heir line and let
Rodriguez pass Rodriguez is act
ing under strict orders from Gomez
to make the war lively in the west
of the island wbiie be barrasses the
strong Spanish columns in , Santa
Clara province
Another strong body of insurgents
unde Gen. Alexandro Rodriguez is
also moving to the west in order to
support the advance of Gen. Mayia
Rodriguez to finar del Rio The
Spanish army in this latter province
has been deprived of 20,000 men
who have been sent to Las Villas by
order of General Weyler.
The strength shown by the Cuban
army in these days, in spite of Gen
er l Weyler's mendacious reports,
bears out the pesimistic views on the
situation of the Spaniards in Habana.
Much comment has been occasioned
by an article in the Diario de la
Marina, in which it is asked how the
government can meet, before the end
of this year, the war expenses and
the general obligations of the treas
ury The article is founded on the
official report of the condition of the
finance of the island published in
Habana by the financial depaitment
The report shows that all the reve
nues of the island this year will only
amount to 15,000,000 in gold, sil
ver and paper money. On the inter
est of the debt alone the government
will have to pay 30,000,000 in gold,
and in addition the expenses of the
army, the navy and other items of
the budget. The deficit will be more
than 100.000,000.
Fifty persons died yesterday from
hunger in Sancti Spiritus and 40 :n
Cardenas. In the latter place public
sentiment was aroused by the
fact that a woman was found 'ead in
the street with a baby of two months
in her arms Both died from starva
tion
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Totten Sees Islam's Fall.
New Haven, Conn.. April 19.
Professor C. A. L. Totten to day
gave out an elaboration of his views
on the Eastern question as fulfilling
the laws of propaecy. He says :
"I pointed out the significance of
the date, March 21, selected by the
powers for the blockading of Canea.
This is the vernal equinox, one of the
four great punctuations of the solar
year. At the time it was shown that
1,260 years before, exactly bisecting
the 2,520 years that extend back lo
623 B. C , which was the date of
Babylon's rise ap the Head of Gold
"Nov^ it is explicitly predicted by
the prophet Daniel that the times of
the Gentiiea were to be seven
"times" of 360 years each, or 2.520
years in all, and to have seen the
Eastern question so wonderfully
punctuated as it has been in the past,
is certainly a warrant fur the faithful j
to expect the consummation to be ot !
time in ail of its phases We all j
know how the declarator; of war in j
the East has dragged since March 21, !
and it baa been a matter of surprise ;
on all 6ides that this has been the j
case At last, however comes the !
news, April 17, 'The Porte reeog !
nizes the state of war,' and April j
17-ls, 'The first great battle of the ;
war lasts thirty hours.'
"Now, what I desire to call to i
mind is this : These dat e are the !
Passover Easter dates April 17 was
.Preparation Day,'.and'April IS was i
not only the Passover Feast of this !
current year, and so kept by the i
Jews all over the world, but is the !
Christian Easter Day of the Western j
Church as well. Now, I wish to!
* I
emphasize this, and to state my be
lief that these tremendous chrono- j
logical punctuations will continue, i
The Greek Church has its Easter at. a I
different date ; watch it. and watch j
June 22. which 6 Summer solstice,!
and September 23, which is Autum- j
nal equinox These dates and their j
cognates cannot pass this year with
out. for some cause or other, the at- j
tention of the world being called to i
them. I do not say this as a prophet, !
but as a believer in the prophets
"I believe that the time of the '?
Turk is drawing to a close. 'Jerusa- I
lem shall be trodden under fool until
the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled '
The Turk will iiave been in the city
1.200 years this year. Once more,
then, 1 maintain that these be tre- :
mendous days, that prophecy is ful
tiSiing to the instant all about us, arid
that the 'End of the a/re' is nearer
now than ever, and surer than ever,
because begun.
"I am firmly convinced that tue
Eastern question solved will find
Palestine restored to the Je \<, under
the protectorate of the whole Anglo
Sax on world, which is Israel "
A 5 year old daughter of John
Buckley of Des M ones Ia , climbed
into a tree and the wide ribben of j
her sun bonnet became entangled in
the branches She ieil and was j
choked to death by the ribbons. 1
WHAT IS NECESSARY
To Make the School Fund
Three Dollars Per Capita.
So far the comptroller general has
not reached any definite conclusion
as to the amouut of the supplemental
school tax that will have lo be levied.
Below are given the figuies showirg
the status cf the several counties in
regard to the school taxes : the
amount that fails short in the severa!
counties and the amounis in excess
of the required 3 per capita in the
others The amount given in the
third column is what; has to be raised.
This, it may be held, will be covered
almost entirely by the assurance of
the State board of control that it wiil
pay in the entire amount during the
present year. If the provisions of
the Constitution are construed that
this assurance can be taken, then
there will be but a very small sum to
be raised by an additional levy, tf
on the other hand the assurance is
not suflficiect, then the entire amount
will have to be raised. The taxpay
ers of the State are watching the re
sult with the greatest degree of in
terest. Here are the figures to speak
for themselves. They are as closely
approximated as possible :
Total amount of taxable prop
erty io the State, year
1896, 5170,755,474
Total number of pupils, 3895. 223.021
Total amount taree mill tax.
1896, S 512,243 42
Total amount poll tax, 1896, 158,821
Total amount of school aod
poll tax, 671,107.42
Am'tschl. Am'tless Am'tex
fd due than S3 cess of $3
each co. each co. per cap.
e ch co.
Abbeville, 27,549 S S 807.70
Aikeo, 20,529 2,945.55
Anderson, 25.335 519.39
Barnwell, 23,898 5,647.44
Berkley, 13,614 172 09
Charleston, 26,010 43,391 35
Chester, 17,820 2,953.79
Chesterlield, 9,894 2,873 51
Clarendon, 10,074 1,703 47
Colleton, 18,441 942 54
Darlington, 16.266 146 01
EigeGeld, 20,676 3 541.20
Fairfield, 18,924 3,723 59
Florence. 16,482 2,830.78
Georgetown, 10,746 1,786 35
Greenville, 30,540 3,979 82
Hampton, 8 610 905 18
Horry, 15,390 7.957 93
Kershaw, 11,526 410 74
Lancaster, 14,6,2e 6,101.68
Laurens, 18,231 420.06
Lexiogion, 16,332 2,332.71
Marion, 19,008 2,u9 47
Marlboro, 11,457 157.51
Newberry, 18,546 122.28
Oconee, 12,849 2,190.36
Orangeburg, 36.042 8,150 91
Piekecs, 11,874 3,828.97
Richland, 18,753 9,972 29
Saluda, 11,169 2,832.70
Spartaoburg, 44,625 994.59
Sumter, 25,131 1,411.47
TJoion. 14,172 1.434.16
Williamsburg, 15,174 3,853 75
Yoik, 28,560 4,003.44
$669,060 368.673.17S70.717.59
Congressman Holman Dead.
Washington, April 22.-Representa
tive W. S Holman of Indiana died
this afternoon at 2 05 o'clock. Tbe
members of his family have been wi h
him all day. and fully realized that the
cad was near. Mr Holman bas been
seriously ill for about 10 days. Early
ia this month he had a faii as a result
of an attack o vertigo, and since that
time he bas steadily grown worse.
More than two weeks ago he complain
ed of fooling badly, and expressed the
intention "t gv.-iog off for a rest and a
change. He was never able to get
away, and soon after that be took to bis
bed At one time there wa a cousic
erable improvement in his condition,
and bis family boped that he might
recover. A few days at*o he took a
turn for the worse, and since yesterday
he has been unconscious and under tee
afieeoce of opiates. Ke passed away
without recovering consciousness.
Mr Holman was ju.>t entering uooo
his 81st yea-cf congressional life He
bas generally been a member of the
committees on war claims, commerce
and appropriations At tbe last ces
sion of the forty-fourth congress be was
chairman of the committee on public
buildings ano grounds. He was chair
man of the committee appointed by the
forty-eighth congress to i .quire into
Indian affairs In the fifty-second
congress he was chairman of thc com
mittee on appropriations, and in the
fifty third congress was chairman of thc
committee on Indian affairs
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TSE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
44, A. F. .M.. will be held on Thursday
E venin jr, M::y 13th, at 7j p. m. Brethren
will take doe notice and govern themselves
accordingly