The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 04, 1902, Image 6
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Evaiits of General Interest Told in
Short Paragraphs.
" ?Capt F. W^ Wagener,, of Charles- j
tes?, is spoken oi as a isuccessor in the
United States Senate to John h.
3&?Laurin, when the latter resigns.
-?n arrangement has been made by
vpfcich .the United States Senate will
take a final vote on the Philippine hill
'??baorrow, Tuesday, at 4 o^clock p. m.
r-To-morrow, Tuesday, June 3, is
the birthday of Jefferson Davis. The
occasion will be appropriately observ
ed*, in Charleston, A agusta,/Atlanta,
asd other Southern cities.
; ?Mrs. Sol Graysofl, '-near ^?Atlanta,
siot and instantly, ki??ed her ")brother
iaf-law, Henry Grayson^ Saturday.
Mr. Grayson gave himself and his wife
to the sheriff. The woman has
ijeen acting srangely for some time.
?The Governor has received a report
of the appearance of smallpox' ?t Sal
ley's, in Orahgeburg County. He has
advised Dr. James Evans, of r the
State board of health, an& ask?dhrm"
?^give the matter immediate atten
tion.
?Acting President Steyn, of the
Transvaal,, is suffering from paralysis
^ud will not participate further in the
peace conference at ^ereenijging. fie
has given his parole and has gone ? to
'* Kragersdorp, about fifty miles south
west of Pretoria.
?Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
accepted an invitation to speak at the
opening of the "Tilden Clubi New York,
June 19. About 1,500 leading men in the
Democratic party have been invited.
This is the" first time that Cleveland
has consented to address a political
audience since his retirement from
office.
?The report that Gaynor and
Greene, who are now in Quebec, had
notified the Attorney General that
ifo?? are willing to return to the Uni*:,
ted -States and stand : trial beof re any
Judge ?f a United Staces court except
ing Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, is
denied on the authority of*Attorney
General Knox. ;
?Secretary Root has issued a general
order decreasing the strength of cur
permanent military establishment and
changing the ratio of its make-up.
In the general -order issued last
May the total strentgh of the army
was-fixed at 77,'2ST ; men: The order
just issued reduces this figure to 66,
487, a reduction of 10,7SO.
?The unanimous verdict of the ,
nsembeis of the State Press Associa
tion who attended the Georgetown
meeting is .that it has been the most
satisfactory and enjoyable meeting :
that thY convention has held, in years.
It seemed to be a positive pleasure to
the people of Georgetown to entertain
tae editorejand their friends. .
?The Suburban handicap, the nest
J% turf classic in the East, will be
deeided on June 14 at the opening of
the racing season at Sheepshead Bay.
Of the fifty-three starters named to
-go "Watercoior is held as favorite at
the short odds of 5 to 1 in the future
Iwoks, with Advance Guard and Gold
Heels second choices at 8 to L
?Continual morbid brooding over
real or imaginary troubles led Josiah
Cteorge, an Indian musician, at the
Charleston Epxosition, to swallow
nearly an ounce of carbolic acid Sat
urday. He suffered terrible agony for j
atout fifteen minutes and died. The
tragedy took place in a room on Com
ing Street, where George resided with
Ms wife and little girl. Whiskey was
- Sie cause- of the rash deed.
?Another eruption of the volcano at
Martinique took place Friday after
noon, the craters pouring out great,
torrents of mud, black smoke and
steam./ Loud detonations were heard.
"No lives were lost, . but the govern
ment party, engaged in. burning the
bodies of the victims of .the first great
disaster were compelled to stop work
- .and leave the island.
-The views of. the minority mem
""b?rs of the Senate committee on inter
oceanic canals on the canal bill have
been presented to the Senate. The
report advocates the substitution for
the House bill " of the Spooner bill,
leaving the selection of routes for an
isthmian canal to the President, but
it is devoted largely to the purpose of
.showing that the Panama route is
preferable to the Nicaragua route.
?The Charleston * Exposition was
formally closed at midnight of Satur
day. It went out literally in a blaze
of glory. A grand sham battle, par
ticipated in by local military and the
Uinted States marines, late in the
atfernoon, was one of the principal
features of the day. There will be
so farther celebration at the Ivory
CSty except upon the occasion of the
xcmoval of the Liberty Bell on the
7zk instant
?One man was instantly killed and
three persons were injured at Gras
m?re, Staten Island, N. Y., on Satur
day, where automobile speed trials
were being made under the auspices of
the Automobile Club of America to
bieak the world's record for a mile.
The machine was Bearing the finish
fine after its trial over the course,
?iben the driver seemed to lose con
trol of it and it dashed into the
big crowd of spectators, with the re
sult above described. The trials were
stopped by the authorities.
?Acting Governor Wright, of the
Philippines, sends the following cable
gram to the War Depatment concern
ing the finances of the islands: "After
making available in United States
money appropriations immediately
necessary there is left in the insular
treasury about $600,000, money of tbe
United States. Practically none is
being received from customs or inter
s?l revenue ; must very soon face the
question of obtaining money to pay
obligations payable only in money of
the United States. Request suggestions
ss to method of obtaining money of
the United States.'''
Five tars of the United States
training ship Lancaster are now doing
duty on the Charleston County chain
gang, as a result of a little disturb
ance they indulged in on the streets
of this city one day last week. Crack
ing rock and handling the pick and
shovel are matters involving some
what more disagreeable features of
physical exertion than skimming aloft,
polishing brass and washing down
decks. The laddies, however, do not
object to the actual work nearly so
.much as to the disgrace their indiscre
ci?n has brought upon them.
Little Doubt He Will Be Court of
Claims Judge.
Senator McLaurin is just now en
gaged in the annoying occupation of
trying to convince President Roosevelt
that he can be confirmed as Judge of
the Court of Claims should such a
nomination jgo to the Senate, says a
Washington special to the Charleston
News and Courier.
It has -been freely stated at th?
Capitol that Senator Tillman and
other Democratic Senators would op
pose the nomination of Mr. McLaurin
should the President conclude to ap
point him to a, life position in the
judicial branch of the Government
Iti s understo?d'tbat the President
.as forfmaliy tendered an appointment
to the Court of Claims to Senator
^McLaurin, but with the understand
I ing. that there must be no protraeted
\ contest over the nomination. To that
f end certain Senators, who are person
ally friendly to the junior Senator
? from South Carolina, have'received an
^intimation that a letter to the Presi
! dent from them in behalf of Senator
McLaurin's appointment would be
considered as a partial guarantee that
his selection would be acceptable to
"his Senatorial associates. ' It is taken
for granted, of course, that/the Repub
licans are unanimous in their endorse
'meat of his appointment. ? It is said
ibfit friendly letters, ' setting forth
Senator McLaurin's legal and personal
qualifications for a place on the Court
of Claims bench, have been written to
the President by Senators Morgan and
Pettus, of Alabama ; Bai lev, of Texas :
MeEnery, of Louisiana ; McLaurin. of
Mississippi ; Taliaferro,' of Florida,
and that one or two others have indi
cated an intention to do likewise.
It has been the custom of the Senate
for many years for Senators on both
sides of the chamber to make a unan
imous request to the President to take
care of popular Senators who are
about to retire from that- body
through n? fault of their own.
It is doubtful whether Senator Till
man would go to the extent of joining
in a unanimous request to the Presi
dent in behalf of his young colleague,
but those who have talked with him
on the subject of the McLaurin ap
pointment have been impressed with
the idea that he would raise no seri
ous objection to such a choice by the
President. It is contended that the
appointment of Senator McLaurin to
such an important position'would be
in the nature of a substantial verifica
tion of the charges which Senator
Tillman has made against his col
league, in and out of the Senate, to
the effect that Senator McLaurin's de
sertion from the Democratic party was
induced or influenced to some degree
by the promise of future reward at the
'lands of the Republican administra
tion.
Independence in Cotton. <
The grip obtained upon thousands
of growers in the fouror five years im
mediately succeeding the war will not
be relaxed without a struggle on the
part of those who gain by it, whether
or not cotton is raised at'great cost or
at small. But it is possible for the grip
to be gradually loosened until it has
ceased to be a b?rden? The process of
loosening is through the raising of
more corn and more bacon by the cot
ton-growers themselves. High prices
of foodstuffs in the South are shared
by th? rest of the country, and while
they may be partly due to the artificial
influence of combines of the handlers
of meat products, the opportunity of
the combines came with a shortage
both of live-stock and of the food of
live-stock. Southern cotton-growers
have the remedy for themselves in
their own hands within the next year
or. two. They ought to be in a posi
ton, and any of them may reach it, to
be independent of the prices of food
stuffs, and consequently to enjoy the
gre?tei benefit should the reign of
high prices, which seems likely to
prevail for several, years, extend to
cotton.?Southern Farm Magaizne.
They Object to Judge Speer.
Messrs. Greene and Gaynor, the
American fugitives now in prison in
Quebec, of their own choice, to avoid
extradition to answer the charge of
embezzlement in connection with the
case of Capt. 0. M. Carter and the
frauds in the Savannah harbor con
tracts, have notified the Attorney
General that they are willing to re
tura to the United States and stand
trial before any Judge of a United
States court excepting Judge Emory
Speer, of Georgia.
This astonishing statement was
made, says a Washington dispatch, by
Andrew J. Rose, one of the leading
counsel in the case of Capt. Carter,
and afterwards prominent as one of
the defenders of Messrs. Greene and
Gaynor.
A Woman's Grave Decorated.
In the Decoration Day ceremonies at
the Florence national cemetery last
Saturday, Mrs. Theodore Kuker espe
cially decorated the woman's grave
with a waiter of the choicest flowers.
It is not generally known that a wom
an is buried here It is a bit of ro
mance that one seldom encounters. It
appears that she enlisted to follow her
sweetheart. Donning men's clothes,
she entered a company, a frail looking
youth, was in several battles and
finally captured, was sent to Ander,
son ville, Ga., where she suffered the
hardships of prison- life and endured
them rather than have her identity
disclosed, which would have caused
her immediate release. From Ander
sonville she was transferred to Flor
ence, where she died, and only at her
death was it known that she was a
woman.
Tillman, June 1.?Today about 12.30
Mr G. E. Box, postmaster, shot and
fatally wounded Mr. McCrary, section
foreman. The shooting occurred at
the Baptist Church. The cause of
the difficulty is unknown. Immedi
ately after the shooting Box fled to
Ridgeland. where he was arrested by
Officer Buikner.
The latest in fine stationery just re
ceived and placed on sale at H. G.
Osteen & Co's book store.
PEAGE IN S
Lord Kitchener Cables That Terms
Of Surrender Have Been Signed.
London, Jane 2.?Peace has been
declared after nearly twc years and
eight months of a war which tried the
British empire to its uttermost and
wiped the Boers from the list of na
tions.
" The war has come to an end with
i Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria, that he, Lord Milner and
the Boer delegates had signed ' ' terms
of surrender." This announcement has
been anticipated for several days, and
it was definitely forecasted, but its re
ceipt Sunday aftenoon took the na
tion by surprise, as everybody had
confidently believed that the house of
commons would hear the first news
today. The edge of the anticiptaion
with which Great Britain awaited
the promised statement in the house
of commons from Mr. Balfcur, the
government leader, was still further
dulled by the following message
from King Edward to his people,
which was issued after midnight :
"The king has received the wel
come news of the cessation of hostili
ties in South Africa with infinite
s?tisafction, and his majesty trusts
that peace may speedily be followed
by the restoration of prosperity in his
new dominions, and that the feelings
necessarily engendered by war will
give place to earnest cooperation on
the part ?f his majesty's South Afri
can subjects in promoting the welfare
of their common country.''
How greatly King Edward's insist
ence that peace in South Africa be
secured prior to his coronation influ
enced the present agreement will prob
ably not be known until the private
memoirs of the present reigme are
given to the public.
"MY *GOD? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!"
According to a dispatch to The
Daily Express from Utrecht, Holland,
Mr. Kruger was informed shortly
after 9 o'clock last night that peace
had been declared. He had been
asleep. "My God," he said, "it is
impossible 2"
Mr. Kruger and his entourge, the
dispatch' continues, hope to be permit
ted to return to the TransvaaL This,
however, -is quite unlikely.
The news which Great Britain was
so anxiously awaiting came character
istically on an entirely pacific and un
interesting Sunday afternoon, when
London presents a deserted appear
ance. Very late Saturday night a dis
patch was received from Lord Kitch
ener, in which he said the Boer dele
gates were coming to Pretoria, that
they had accepted Great Britain's
terms and that they were prepared to .j
sign terms of surrender. Mr. Brod
erick, the war secretary, personally
communicated this message to King
Edward, who was at Buckingham
palace. But the government declined
to take any chances, and nothing con
cerning the receipt of this message
was allowed to leak out At about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon the war
oSice received the following dispatch
from Lord Kichener, dated Preoria,
11.15 p. m., Saturday, May 31:
"A document concerning terms of
surrender was signed here this even
ing at half-past 10 o'clock by all the
Boer representatives, as well as by
Lord Milner and myself."
Volcanic Dust in Anderson.
An Anderson gentleman has some of
the volcanic dust that came from Mont
Pelee. There is no doubbt as to its
genuineness. The gentleman, Mr. A.
L. Lilney, has a sister living in Sa
vannah, whose husband is a quarantine
officer at that port. A few days ago
a Norwegian bark arrived in Savannah.
The ship WBS passing within about 400
miles of Mont Pelee on the 7th of May,
the day the eruption took place, and
the decks of the vessel were covered
with the volcanic dust. When the ship
arrived in port the quarantine officer
secured some of the dust and gave it
to bis w fe, .who sent some of it'to her
brother in Anderson.
The dust is about the color of wood
ashes, and in touch resembles flour.
It is more like finely powdered pumice
stone than anything else. Two mem
bers of The Daily Msily staff, in sheer
curiosity, tasted it It had a sulphur
ous, burnt taste..?Anderson Mail.
President Kruger Vif ili Sign.
It is said in Brussels that the Boer
delegates in Europe now admit that
peace in South Africa has been se
cured and that the settlement between
the Boers and Great Britain will be
signed in the names of the former citi
zens of the South African Republics
who are now in Europe, including Mr.
Kruger, thus preventing the irrecon
cilables from continuing a. guerrilla
warfare on the pretext that they are
obeying the orders of the Boer dele
gates in Europe.
Embarrassed the Bride.
The stories that are afloat in Wash
ington regarding the personalty and
characteristics of Minister Wu, who
was in Charleston last week, are in
numerable. You can hear them every
where in the capital city. Some are
true and, as is generally the case with
a man prominent in the public eye,
many are far from being so. One
amusing tale regarding the Chinese
minister's attendance at a society
wedding recently will bear repetition.
The best man at the wedding, while
the congratulations were in order,
spied Minister Wu, and, being de
sirons of doing something really nice
for the bride, approached the repre
sentative of the "son of heaven" and
asked him to congratulate the bride af
ter the manner obtaining in the celes
tial kingdom.
The ever obliging Wu stepped for
ward and with his courtly and digni
fied bow began:
"May this union ? bring to you,
fair one, every happiness known under
the sun, and may you bear many,
many children and may your children
bear many, many children?
The poor bride had almost f^?ted
when he obliging young man ;JHkd
Minister Wu by the arm and i JaHfted
him from the nearly hysticaj
A few dozen large feathe:
at less than wholesale cost
out. H. G. Osteen & Co.
m MIED BOMS.
House of Commons Hears Peace
Agreement Stated.
Boers Acknowledge England's
Sovereignty But Have Other
Demands Granted.
BURGHERS WILL NOT PAY THE COST
* OF THE WAR.
London, June 2.?Not in years has
the house of commons been so thronged
with such a briliant and enthusiastic
audience as when the first lord of the
treasury and government leader in the
h^use, A. J. Balfour, announced this
afternoon the peace terms concluded
with the Boers.
As the liberality of the terms grew
plainer, the cheers on the government
side of the house diminished, while
the opposition increased.
Balfour arose at 2:40 p. m., and an
nounced the terms of peace in South
Africa as follows :
"His excellency Lord Milner, in be
half of the British government : his ex
ellency Mr. Steyn, Gen. Bremner,
Gen DeWet and Judge Hertzog, act
ing in behalf of the Orange Free
State, end Gen. Schalk. Burger, Gen.
Reitz, Gen Louis Botha and Gen. De
LaRey, actingin behalf of their respec
tive burghers, desiring to terminate the
present hostilities, agree to the follow
ing terms:
"The burgher forces in the field
will forthwith lay down their arms
j and hand over ? all guns, rifles an>d
I ammunition of war in their possession
! or under their control and desist from
j further resistance and acknowledge
; King Edward VII as their lawful sov
! eriegn.
"The manner and details of this sur
j render will be arranged between Lord
Kitchener and Commandant General
Botha, assisted by Gen. De La Rey
? and Chief Commandant De Wet.
j "Second, all the burghers outside
the limits of the Transvaal and Orange
[River Colony and all prisoners of war
! at present outside South Africa who
are burghers will, on duty declaring
their acceptance of the position of sub
; jects of his majesty, be brought back
to their homes as means of transport
can be provided and means of subsist
ence assured.
"Third, the burghers so returning
will not be deprived of their personal
liberty or property.
"Fourth, no proceedings, civil or
criminal, will be taken against any
burghers surrendering, or so return
ing, for any acts in connection with
the prosection of the war. The bene
fits of this clause do> not extend to cer
tain acts contrary to the usages of-war
which had been notified by the com-'
mander-in-chief to the Boer generals,
which shall be tried by court martial
after the close of hostilities.
"Fifth, the Dutch language will be
taught in the public schools of the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony,
where the parents desire it, and will
be allowed in the courts of law, for the
better and more effectual administra
tion of justice.
"Sixth, possession of rifles will be
allowed in the Transvaal and Orange
River Colony to persons requiring
them for their protection on taking
out a license according to law.
"Seventh, the military administra
tion of the Transvaal and Orange River
Colony will at the earliest possible
date be succeeded by a civil govern
ment : and so soon as circumstances
permit, representative institutions,
leading up to self-government, will be
introduced.
"Eighth, the question of granting
the franchise to natives will not be
decided until after the introduction of
self-government.
"Ninth, no special tax will be im
posed on landed property in the Trans
vaal or Orange River Colony to defray
the expenses of the war.'
"Tenth, as soon as the conditions
permit it a commission to which the
local inhabitants will bo represented
will be appointed in each district of
the. Transvaal and Orange River Col
ony, under the presidency of a magis
trate or other official, for the purpose
of assisting in the restoration of the
people to their homes, and supplying
those who, owing to war losses, are
unable to provide for themselves, with
food and shelter and the necessary
amount of seed, stock and implements,
etc., indispensable to the resumption
of their normal occupation. His ma
jesty's government will place at the
disposal of these commissions the sum
of three million pounds sterling and
will allow all the notes issued under
the law of 1900 of the South African
Republic, and all receipts given up to
officers in the field of the late repub
lics, or under their orders, to be pre
sented to a judicial commission, which !
will be appointed by the government,
and if such notes and receipts are
found by this commission to have
been duly issued in return for valua
ble ""considerations, they will be re
ceived by the f rst named commission
as evidence of war losses suffered by.
the persons to which they were origi
nally given.
"In addition to the above named free
grant of three million pounds sterling,
his majesty's government will be pre
pared to make advances, or loans, for
the same purposes, free of interest
for two years, and afterwards repaya
ble, overa period of years, with 30
per cent, interest. No foreigner or
rebel will be entitled to benefit under
this clause."
After he had conc uded reading
the peace agreement, Mr. Balfour pro
ceeded :
"There are certain important points
not dealt with in the document I have
just read, and which was signed on
Saturday night. Therefore it may be
convenient if I read a dispatch from
Lord Kitchener to the secretary of
state for war, dated May 30, as fol
lows :
"After handing the Boer delegates a
copy of the draft of the agreement, I
read them a statement and gave them
a copy of it, as follows:
"His majesty's government must
place on record that the treatment of
the Cape and Natal colonists who have
been in rebellion and who now surren
der will, if they return to their colon
ies, be determined by the colonial
courts and in accordance with the laws
of the colonies, and any British sub
jects who have joined the enemy will
be liable to trial under the law of that
part of the British empire to which
they belong.
"His majesty's government are in
formed by the Cape government that
their views regarding the terms to be
granted to British subjects in Cape
Colony now in the field, or who have
surrendered or' been captured since
April 12, 1901, are as follows: With
regard to the rank and file, they should
all, after surrender and giving up their
arms, sign a document before the resi
dent magistrate of the district in
which they surrender, acknowledging
themselves guilty of high treason, and
the punishment to be accorded them,
provided they are not guilty of murder
or acts contrary to the usages of civil
ized warfare, shall be that they are not
entitled for life to be registered voters
or vote in any parliamentary or pro
vincial council or municipal election.
"With reference to justices of the
peace, field cornets and all others who
hold official postions under the govern
ment of Cape Colony, or who have
been occupying a position of authority,
or who have held commands in the
rebel or burgher forces, they shall be
tried for high treason before the or
dinary courts of the country, or such
special courts as may hereafter be con
stituted, their punishment to be left
to the discretion of such court, with
the proviso that in no case shall the
penalty of death be inflicted.
' ' The Natal government are of the
opinion that rebels should be dealt
with according to the law of that
colony. "
"These arrangements," concluded
Mr. Balfour, "the government have
approved. ' '
CLEHSOH COLLEGE.
Commencement Exercises This
Week?The Graduates.
The commencement exercises of
Clemson College will be inaugurated
on Friday next, June 6. The follow
ing are the members of the graduating
class this year:
In the course of chemistry and agri
culture: E. B. Boykin, Darlington
County: E. Brockmann, Jr, Rich
land County; J. M. Burgess^ Clar
endon County; G. H. Hardin,
Oconee County: J. E. Martin, Jr,
Charleston County; L. H. McCul
lough, Williamsburg County; F .
Norris, Orangeburg County; S. M.
Robertson, Pickens County; D. H.
Sally, Aiken County: J. B. Tinsley,
Union County: M. E. Zeigler, Or
angeburg County.
In the course of mechanics and engi
neering: G. E. Bamberg, Bamberg
County ; . . Barre, Lexington Co. ;
E. G. Campbell, Charleston County ; .
T. Cantev, Clarendon County: A.
B. Carr, Richland County; G.' B.
Clinkscales, Spartanburg County; W.
W. Coleman, Aiken County; F.
Crawfnl, Pickens County ; C. Douthit,
Anderson County; J. C. Earle, An
derson County; C. \N. Gignilliat,
Oconee County, F. M. Gunby, Or
angeburg County ; F. M. Jordan,
Oconee County: E. J. Larsen, Colle
ton County: G. T. McGregor, Rich
land County: J. D. Meador, Union
County: T. H. Munro, Union County;
T. R. Phillips, Orangeburg County;
H. T. Poe, Greenville County ; C.
I L. Reid, York County ; J. M. Rodger,
Union County ; C. H. Seigler, Aiken
County ; M. A. Sitton, Anderson
? County ; W. F. Sneed, Charleston
County ; S. C. Stewart, Pickens
County ; H. G. Stokes, Hampton
County ; D. A. J. Sullivan, Charleston
County: S. M. Ward, Jr., Georgetown
County; J. B. Watkins, Saluda
County; H. A. Wilson, Sumter
County.
In the course of textile industry :
R. Barrett, York County; J. H.
Brown, Oconee County; W. E. Chap
man, Greenville County; W. F. Cole,
Rockingham, N. C. : W. B. Cothrah,
Greenwood County; B. C. Cromer,
Anderson County: J. E. Gettys,
York Cpunty : D. Jennings, Charles
ton County; H. B. Jennings, Charles
ton County ; David Kohn, Orangeburg
County ; H. F. Little, Spartanburg
! Countv; F. E. Pearman, Anderson
County; W. T. Prescott, Edgefield
County; T. C. Shaw, Abbeville
County ; J. H. Spencer, York County ;
T. B. Spencer, York County; W. G.
Templeton, Abbeville County.
ANOTHER BRAVE SCIENTIST.
American Explorer Ascends La
Soufri?re During Eruption,
Kingstown, Island of St Vincent,
B. W. L, Friday, May 30.?La Son
friere volcano is still active. Another
eruption occurred at 3 o'clock this
morning. It was accompanied by a
thunderous noise and a shock of earth
quake, while volumes of dense vapor
ascended to such a height that they,
were visible from Kingstown. The
vapor formed a thick cloud over the
cater of the volcano and this cloud
was illuminated as if by fire. In the
crater itself the lightning was more
vivid than upon any previous occasion.
No damage was done and the erup
tion ceased at the end of an hour.
With the exception of these occurrences
the night was quiet and the weather
fair. Throughout Friday the crater
was capped with dense gray and silver
clouds and sand fell heavily this morn
ing on the leeward side of the moun
tain, within a radius of eight miles.
The American scientist who started
to ascend La Soufri?re is still striving
to reach the summit. During the inter
vals when the volcano was quiet yester
day he reached a point almost half way
up the mountains. He reports, to the
awe of the inhabitants, that the island
of St. Vincent may subside. There are
clear indications, he says, that a con
siderable portion of the leeward dis
trict will subside.
Owing to the continuous rain there
have been heavy floods in the wind
ward district of the island and many
houses have been washed way or filled
with mud. At Rabacca, the store
house, a large brick building, was
washed away into the sea by a stream
of mud.
A woman's editorial association had
a dinner in Tokeka and one of the
toasts was "Woman: Without Her,
Man Is a Brute." It must have been
a cynical typo who set up the type, for
this is the way the toast read in
print: "Woman, Without Her Man,
Is a Brute." Just how much of a
rumpus this raised may possibly be
imagined ; it certainly cannot be de
scribed.
TOUBHQU? SOUTH DARUIM
Current Events in the Palmetto
State Laconically Recorded.
?Light frost was reported in Spar
tanbnrg County last Wednesday morn-.
ing.
?Preparations are being made for
the erection of the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank building at Walterboro.
?A hook and ladder company is to
be organized among the young men
of Clinton. The machine has already
arrived.
?A pardon has been asked for Dr.
M. G. Lee, who killed his father and
is now serving a life sentence in the
penitentiary for the crime.
?Gratifying progress is being made
on the work of putting in the new wa
ter works system at Florence, and it
is very likely that water will be .turn
ed on by July 1.
?The Rev. James G. Glass, rector
of the Episcopal Church at Summer
ville, has accepted a call to Anniston,
Ala, and will assume charge of his new
parish about July 1.
?There has been almost a chicken
famine at Anderson this spring. Grown
hens have been selling at 30 to 35
cents, and young chickens sell from 15
to 20 cents?and no questions asked.
?In the event of the President ap
pointing Senator MeLaurin Judge of
the Court of Claims, it is said that
Governor McSweeney will appoint
Col. James A. Hoyt" to the vacant
senatorship.
?Says the Atlanta Constitution:
"Jenkins has got a sword all right?
but Jim Tillman has got one also."
But Jenkins has his by his side and
Tillman has his on his hands."?
Kingstree Mail.
?Rumor has it that when the
trustees of^Wofford College will meet
nest week Dr. Carlisle will insist on
his resignation as president of Wofford
College being accepted. He has made
no^staement for the public as to the
matter.
?The new church of the Second
Presbtyerian congregation, soon to be
built in Columbia, is the gift of Mrs.
George Cotton Smith. Mrs. Smith
has been exceedingly kind ? to this
church before. Two years ago she
made the congregation a present of a
85,000 mortgage that was on the
building, and she has since remodeled
the manse at a cost of $2,000.
?The following is the text of the
law in regard to the killing of birds
and robbing birds' nests: "No person
or persons shall at any time or place
within the state take, kill, sell, expose
for sale, export beyond th? limits of
the State, any mocking bird, non-pa
ri el, swallow, bee bird, red bird,
woodpecker, thrush, or wren, under a
pnealty of 85 for each "hird so taken,
killed, sold, exposed four sale or ex
ported beyond the limits of the. State.
No person or persons shall destroy or
rob the nests of any kind of said
birds, under the penalty of $10."
"ALTRUISM ANO CHARITY."
Subject of a Striking Sermon by
Bishop Spalding, of Peor?a.
The Right Rev. John Lancaster
Spalding, D. D,. Bishop of Peor?a,
Ills., at Detroit, Sunday afternoon, de
livered the sermon of the National
Federation of Corrections and Chari
ties. His subject was "Altruism nad
Cbarity."
"Love of self is the radical passion
of human nature," said Bishop Spald
ing in opening. "All advance is an
ascent from the primitive and super
ficial self towards the true self, which
is born of the union of the soul with
truth, justce and love. Every worthy
form of individual activity is altruis
tic. The money paid is never the
?quivalent of the work done, and the
laborerer, whatever he be, must look
beyond the price be gets to the good
he does, must interfuse good-will and
the desire or be of help with all he
does, and with all he receives for what
he does, or he will shrivel into some
thing that appears to be alive, but is
Continuing, he said :
really dead."
"To do good to enemies is now recog
nized to be the duty of society, not
less than of the individuals. We have
come to understand that the real crim
inal is often the social body itself,
rather than the man or woman it cor
rupts and then punishes. Our pro
gress consist largely in the discovery
of remedies for ignorance and impo
tence."
The Bishop referred in strong terms
to improvident marriages, saying:
"Reckless and senseless marriages
are an inexhaustible source of evil."
He declared that wedlock was en
tered into too carelessly and said :
"So long as this poison fountain re
mains open, so long will vice and pau
perism continue to breed degradation
and wretchedness. Homes that, are
hells thwart the wisest efforts to re
form abuses."
He referred to the tremendous influ
ence of women and said :
"If they were more serious, large
minded, intelligent, unselfish and lov
ing, three-fourths of the depravity and
sin which make life a curse would dis
appear. The fountain head of social
good or evil, or of vice and crime, or
of honor and virtue, is in the home,
and the wife or mother make or un
make the home."
Regarding the right kind of charity
the Bishop said:
"The special vice of the thriftless
and delinquent is heedlessness and
recklessness. We must train them to
forethought. Consideration and atten
tion and personal influence, no alms
giving, is the proper means whereby
this may be accomplished. If we would
save them, we must save them from
; themselves."
A BARGAIN IN PENS.
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Sizes. For Sale.
t
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\ just bought, at a sacrifice sale, oO
? gross Esterbrook's Pens, assorted sizes,
! which we offer at 30 cents a gross.
! The Esterbrook pen is the standard in
i quality and is never sold for less than
75 cents a gross?many stationers
j charge SI a gross. _
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Liberty Street.