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HISSER FREIGHT H?TES. Commerce Commission Moved to Action by Notice of Advance From West to East and South. Washington, Dec. 6.-The increases in freight rates which are shortly to be applied on the road limning from the Mississippi river and points be youd to the east and south will be in? vestigated by the intersta;;e commerce commission, which has fh;ed Dec. 16, nest as the date for the hoaxing to -be held at the offices of the commission in this city. The commission has is? sued an order requiring the attend? ance at that time of the chief traffic officials, or other representatives qual? ified to give information of the follow? ing railroads : : Michigan Central Railroad com? pany, Lake Shore and Michigan Rail? way, Erie Railroad company, Balti? more and Ohio Railroad company; the Pennsylvania company; Cleve? land, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway company; Wabash Railroad company; Baltimore and Southwestern Railroad company ; New York Central and Hudson River Rail? road company; Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad company; Lehigh- Valley Railroad company; Pennsylvania Railroad company; them Railway company; Norfolk d Western Railway company and hespeake and Ohio Railrod company. The commissoin has adopted the fol? lowing, order : m Whereas, it appears from schedules on file with the commission that rates grain and grain - prod nets, dress meats and provisions from the ssippi river to New York and points governed by the Ne*v York rate are to be materially advansed in the near future, and Whereas, it appears probable that her advances are to be made which 1 materially increase the general cost of iransporation ; therefore, it is "Ordered that a proceeding of in? quiry and investigation be instituted as the occasion for and propriety cf such advances,*' Following a similar action by the Michigan Central, the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville railroad has filed with the commission the re? quired notice of an increase of five cents to be imposed on dressed meats shipped from Chicago to New York, making this rate 45 cents per hundred pounds, and abolishing she export rate of 25 cents on provisions, mak? ing a flat rate of 30 cents on pro^ visions. The commission has also been given official notice that the proportional ratea on wheat and flour from Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leaven? worth and other lower. Missouri river points, which rates apply c n business from points beyond have been advanced two cents to Chicago. The local rates from these points to Chicago have not been increased on wheat and flonr but on other grain and grain products an increase of one cent per hundred pounds is to be ap? plied. From Ohio river * points, such as Cincinntai, Louisville and Evansville, New Albany and Cairo, to Charleston, .Atlanta, Brunswick and the South .Atlantic coast generally, an increase is io be made of four cents on grain and :Qour, when shipped in sacks, and of se ven cents a barrel for th res and one ifealf cents per 100pounds when shipped m barrels. These rates which are to lae applied on the Louisville and Nash Tille, Illinois Central and Southern ^railroads carrying corresponding in? creases from Ohio river points to Nashville. THE B9MSY OF TEXAS. -:- ^ Une Disputed Between Lone Star State and Indian Territory. . Austin, Texas, December T.-Three portions of boundary lines of the State of Texas are in dispute, the latest be? ing the eastern line north of Red River. There has just been filed in the State land office a report of the work, under the Act of Congress of 1901, requiring the Secretary of the Interior to establish the 130th meri? dian, which forms the easiiern bound? ary of the Texas, from Red River, in Childress County, north to and in? cluding Lipscomb County, lt was first understood that the new line would give Texas a strip of eight mi ?es of the Indian Territory bnt the report makes the startling calculation auld fixes the meridian so that Texas lases a strip of land three-fourths of simile wide, taking off that much of the eastern edge of Lipscomb, Hemp M1I, Wheeler, Collingsworth and Chil? dress counties, a 'tptal loss of 112 half sections of 72,000, which las always been regarded as part of Texas. ?f this corner, so lately marked, is made permanent, the people who own the property now on the west, formerly on the ease side of the line, will be without title and lose the land, as a deed from Texas will be worthless. This late location' will stand unless the State of Texas can prevail on Con? gress to authorize a joint survey and a new line to be marked. Spain's New Cabinet. Madrid, Dec. 7.-Arnon? the new cabinet officers, Gen. Linares, minister of war, is very popular with the army and in the country and is credit? ed with extensive plans for the re? organization of the army and the na? tional defenses. Minister of Marine Toca is regarded as an even more thorough advocate of the strengthen? ing and reorganization of the navy and the naval defenses in every direction. Senor Mauria, minister of the in? terior, also favors the restoration of Spain's naval power, and altogether the new government is considered a strong and popular one. Ridgeway, Pa., December 7.-The Eagle Tannery, at this place, was de? stroyed by fire today, caused by t?e explosion of natural gas in the engine ?room. The loss on the building is estimated at 875,000 and til at on the ; stock of leather and hides at 8250,000 i to $300,000. The loss is said to be j well covered by insurance. This j "tmnery is in the Elk Tanning Com- j piny's district, which is identified j with the United States Leather Com- ; pany. A large number of employees 1 will be thrown out of work. BILL ARP ON QUESTIONS. The Unknown Wives and Moth? ers of Great Men in This Country. Atlanta Constitution. A chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy writes to me for a list of the Georgia Senators and repre? sentatives, who seceeded in January, 1861, and also for a list of their suc? cessors in the .Confederate Congress. But few men can answer these ques? tions, and indeed the answer is hard to ?nd in any book. But these women are after information that is worthy of preservation in their archives and they will soon know more about the civil war than the men. Well, our State Senators before the war were Robert Toombs and Ben Hill. Toombs made a withdrawal speech which was grand and defiant. Our .Representatives were Martin J. Crawford, Peter E. Love, Thomas J. Hardiman, Lucius J. Gartrell, John W. H. Underwood, James Jackson, John Jones and Joshna Hill. AH of these withdrew except Joshua Hill, who resigned. They are all dead. The members of the first Confederate Congress were Senators Ben Hill and Herschel V. Johnson. Toombs was j elected, but had serious opposition, j and it irritated him so that he refused j to serve and later on Johnson was j elected. Toombs, said, "The manner ? in which this trust has been confer? red on me relieves me from any ob? ligation to accept it." So he un? sheathed his sword and went to fight? ing. The Representatives elected were Julian Hartridge, J. C. Munnerlyn, Hines Holt, A. H. Kenan, David W. Lewis, W. W. Clark, Robert P. Trippe, L.. J. Gartrell, Hardy Strick? land and August R. Wright. These are all dead. "Time cuts down both great and small." A letter from another chapter wish? es *o known the maiden names of the wives of the Presidents , and the names of the mothers of the Presidents. I tell you these women are in earnest. For centuries their sex has been under the ban. You can't find a history or cyclopedia that tells anything about the wives or the mothers of great men, and yet it is the mother who makes the man. George Washington's father died when he was ll years old and his mother trained him and taught him and planted within him all those virtues that made him great-and yet there are but few of our American people who know who his mother was. I have three sets of standard cyclopedias, but only meager mention is made in them of the mothers or wives of the Presidents. Who knows anything about the mother of Webster, Clay or Calhoun? I have found the maiden names of all the wives of the Presidents and the names of all their mothers except those of Zachary Taylor, William H. Harrison, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, R. B. Hayes and Ben Harrison. Maybe they had no mothers. Well, to begin. George Washington's mother was Mary Ball. His wife was widow Park Custis, nee Martha Dandridge. John Adams' mother was Susannah Boylston. His wife was Abigail Smith. Thomas Jefferson's mother was Jane Randolph. His wife, Martha Wales. James Madison's mother, Fanny Taylor. Hi? wife, Dolly Payne. That Fanny Taylor's brother was grand? father} to Zachary Taylor. James Monroe's mother Eliza Jones. His wife. Elizabeth Kortright. John Q. Adams had a grandmother Quincy. No mother is named. His wife was jjouisa Johnson. Andrew Jackson's mother, Elizbe?h Hutchinson, his wife, Richael Donel son. Martin Van Buren's mother, Mary Hoes; his wife, Hannah Hoes. William H. Harrison's mother not named ; wife, Anna Symmes. John Tyler's mother, Mary Armi stead: wife, Letitia Christian. James K Polk's mother, Jane Knox; wife Sarah Childress. Zachary Taylor's mother not named ; wife, Margaret Smith. Millard Fillmore's mother was Phoebe Millard; he never married. Franklin Pierce's mother not named ; wife Jane Appleton. J ames Buchanan's mother not named. He was a bachelor. Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks; wife, Mary Todd. Andrew Johnson's mother too poor and ignorant to name. His wife, Eliza McCardle, educated him. U. S. Grant's mother, Hannah Simp? son ; bis wife, Julia Dent. R. B. Hayes' mother not named ; j his wife, Lucy Ware Webb. Jams A. Garfield's mother was Eliza j Ballon, his wife, Lucretia Rudolph. Chester A. Arthur's mother Maivine ! Stone : his wife Ellen L. Herndon. Grover Cleveland's mother Anne Neal; his wife Frances Folsom. Ben Harrison's mother not named; his wife was Miss Scott. William McKinley's mother, Nancy C. Allison: his wife, Ida Saxton. Now, of course if a man can afford to buy the separate biographies of these men, though some have not been written, no doubt he could learn more about their mothers and wives, tut not very much. We know but little concerning the mother of Milton, Shakespeare, Cowper, Pope, Gray, Johnson, Hood, Burns, Moore, Byron, Coleridge or any of the noted writers of England or Scotland. The idea seems to have been that women as a general rule were of no consequence except to bear children and stay at home and nurse them. But that is not the idea now. Women are coming to the front and claim a more notable position in history and biography. Mrs. Do. Burt, of Brunswick, has in press a book devoted exclusively to the mothers of thc notable men of Georgia, the mothers of our governors and statesmen and ministers and military heroes, and I know she will do justice to them. Some time ngo a friend of mine died and as he was a man of some note, his son, who is growing old, wanted to answer Mrs. Burt's letter about his grandmother, and he told me he didn't know any? thing about her-didn't even know her maiden name. He said that he never saw her, for she died when he was a child and he never heard his father say much about her. That has been the way, but it will not be much longer, for the elevation of woman to her proper position by the side of man and not beneath him, is rapidly coming on. This federation of woman's clubs will assert woman's i rights. This recognition of woman j has gained ground rapidly since the war. Before that our school teachers \ were generally men and where we had women as assistants they were import- j ed from the North. We had five in i I succession in our town. One by one ' they got married and we sent off and got another. vOur well-to-do widowers took a liking to them, for our girls wouldn't marry a widower, and pur young men wouldn't marry a Yankee school mistress. But since j the war our own girls have gone to i teaching and are found in every school room in the land. If they are more fit to teach our children than are the men, then why are they not better paid, j and why are they not members of our school boards? I have known men to be elected on school boards who couldn't do a sum in the rule of three and didn't know whether algebra was Latin or astronomy. Some of these same men are put on the committee to choose school books. School boards are not always elected for scholarship, but for sectarian influence and be? cause they have an ax to grind. But this is enough for one letter. I hope the young people will cut it out and paste it in their scrap books and keep it for reference so that when they are married and have inquisitive children they can answer these ques? tions. Every young person should have a scrap book. One of our teach? ers was not long ago asking her scholars about Washington. "Who can tell me something about George Washing? ton" and one of the boys said: "He was born on Mount Vermont." A little girl said: "No, it was Mount Vernon." Another boy said, "He was named for the city of Washing? ton," and another said, "He was the father of all the country children," and another said, " He cut a cherry tree down to git the cherries, and didn't tell a lie abput it and his father never licked him for it, but that night he had he colic mightyjbad." And here is a good, kind letter of sympathy for a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, who writes from the Indian Territory and he says he was born in Murray County and loves Georgia and her people. He asks , about the Howells, and says his father knew the old man on the Chat tahooche? and always said there was some good Indian blood in his veins. Well, they do lookj like it I expect our Evan came sideways down from old Powhattan, just as my wife came from Pocahontas. Hello, Cousin Evan ; we are kin., Bill Arp. CZAR BEE?F?or Thomas Reed, the Great Republi? can Speaker. Dies Suddenly in Washington. _' _' Washington, Dec. 6.-Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives and for many years prominent in public life, died here tonight at 12.10 o'clock in his apartment in the Arlington hotel. The immediate cause of death was uraemia. A change for the worse was noted in Mr. Reed's condition early this morn? ing. At 9.30 o'clock he was given a subcutaneous saline transfusion in or? der to stimulate his kidneys, which were failing to perform their proper function. At 5 o'clock this afternoon saline solution again was administer? ed, about three quarts of fluid being used. The heart became weaker and weaker, bat the patient retained con? sciousness until ll o'clock tonight when a complete coma came on. Reducing the Surplus. Washington, December 6.-The House today passed the pension appro? priation bill, carrying $139,000,000, without a word of debate, and devoted the remainder of the day to bills cn the Calendar, quite a number of which were,passed. To prevent the passage of a bill to prohibit the military bands from engaging in competition with private bands, Mr. W. A. Smith, of Michigan, made the point of no quorum and the House adjourned. It was agreed that the London dock charge bill should be considered and voted upon on Monday. Bills were passed to construct a steam revenue cutter for servce in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, N. C., *nd to authorize a bridge across the Savan? nah River at Sand Bar Ferry, below Augusta, Ga. Mischief-Making in Virginia. Richmond, Va. December G.-James Hayes, the colored lawyer and con? feree of John S. Wise, in the recent unsuccessful attack on the new Con? stitution of Virginia, was in the office of the clerk of the United States Court today preparing papers in forty eight snits for damages against mem? bers of the Constitutional Convention. The suits are for $5,000 damages each, and are brought under the com? mon law, probably relying on Section 1,979, Revised Statutes of the United States, to give the United States Court jurisdiction. Hayes appeared to desire a great deal of secrecy in these cases, and would have nothing to say about them. It is stated he will be ready to file the suits Monday. He and United States Marshal Treat were busy getting the necessary legal papers in shape this atfernoon, so that the necessary formalities of the latter's office could be promptly cispoesd of. These are the suits that were threatened some time ago. Eagle Pass., Texas, December 7. The machinists in the shops of tho Mexican International Railroad, at Ciudad Porfierro Diaz, have been notified that from December 1 they will be paid standard American wages on a gold basis ; the machinists will get $3.30 and the boilermakers 83.50 per day in American money or in Mexi? can silver at the average rate of ex? change for the month in which they work. This is an entirely new de? parture in Mexican railroading and was caused by the fact that Americans could not be held at the old rates. The advance applies only to Americans Marion, Dec. 7.-The Hour mill be? longing to the Marion Milling com? pany was destroyed by fire at about ll o'clock last night. The fire is sup? posed to have been caused by sparks from the engine room. The mill was situated very near the railroad and the fi?mes spread to and consumed the j railroad water tank. VENEZUELA "VS. GREAT BRITAIN. An Old Dispute Over Patos island Renewed Last Year, and May be Involved in the Settlement of the Present Controversy Between Those Countries. Washington, Decemebr 7.-In Vene? zuelas' ''Yellow Book," for .1901, a copy of which has been received in Washington rceently from the foreign office at Coracas, are the exchanges between the London and Caracas Gov? ernment last year in regard to the ownership of Patos Island, which has been in dispute between the countries for many years. Significance attaches to this correspondence in view of the approaching crisis between Venezuela and Great Britain, as it is not im? probable that in the settlement of the claims of British and German citizens against Venezuela, the Pates dispate also will be involved. The reopening of the Patos question was caused by the action of the Venezuelan gunboat Augusto, in January, 1901, in captur? ing certain British subjects on the isl? and. When the Caracas authorities were called to account by the London foreign office, the former replied by renewing their long-standing claim to Patos, and a diplomatic controversy, extending throughout the year, was the result. Venezuela bases her claims to the island on its proximity to the coast of Guiria, from which it is dis? tant only three miles, claiming that it is a tenet of international law that a country commands waters within a marine league of its coast; that the international law institute has defined the territorial sea as six miles whereas the island of Patos is more than ten miles from Trinidad, the nearest Brit? ish possession. Great Britain, through her charge d'affaires at Caracas, and later through her minister, advanced the contention that when she conquered the Island of Trinidad, in 1797, sover? eignty over Patos was also obtained and so recognized by the Madrid Gov? ernment; that Patos has remained in the peaceful possession of Great Brit? ain for more than a century, during seventy years of which time Venezuela advanced no claim. It is understood that President Cas? tro will ask that the question be set? tled by arbitration, . a proposition to which the British Goverment will hard? ly accede, in view of its contention that the ownership of Patos is so clear? ly British as not to furnish a suitable subject for arbitration. BARBARITY IN TRE MINES. Some of the Testimony Before Coal Strike Commission. Scranton. Pa., Decembers.-Today the miners, having finished their at? tack on the companies' mines in the Hazleton region, turned the attention of the coal strike commission to the colleries of G. B. Markie & Co, in the same locality. The witnesses f^or the Mine Workers scored what ap? peared to be telling points with regard to wages and other conditions prevail? ing in the mines of this independent company. The attorney for the com? pany was not prepared to cross-ex? amine the witnesses on all things they testified to and the commission has granted the company the privilege of recalling the witnesses tb the stand for the purpose of cross-questioning them on some of the statements made today. The principal witness called against the Markies was James Gallagher, who had worked in the Markie mines for thirty years. He claimed that the wages were so low that he was always in debt to the company and that in seventeen years he only once received money in wages, and that was fifty dollars. ' He further testified that he had to deal at the company stores, the only places where the miners could get credit, and that the prices were from 10 to 20 per cent higher than in other places. He said he has made large wages and wiped out bis debt, but the company would then give him such bad work that he would immediately get into debt again. He was evicted from his house and refused work, but he did not know why, employment was not given him. The witness, who is about 60 years of age, and a native of Ireland, kept the Court constantly in good humor by his wit and sharp answers to thrusts by the lawyers. He said a man is never called hurt in the mines until he his half-killed. He was half-killed twice, he said, wLich brought out the reamrk from Chair? man Gray that if he was twice half killed then he was now dead. This caused mach merriment, but it was turned'into a roar of laughter when the witness replied that the first half was healed before the other half was injured. A twelve-year old breaker boy was called to the stand and gave testimony that he was working at the mines to pay off the debt incurred by his father, who was killed in the mines eighteen months ago. He received no pay, but was given due bills showing how much his mother owed the company. The due bills also showed that the debt his mother was incurring, such as house rent, etc., was growing faster than he could reduce it, as he was only getting four cents an hour. Unless some agreement is reached on many of the points at issue it is likely the hearings will run into next month. While settlement talk is still heard here nothing cf an authoritative nature has come to thu surface. $There is still a belief prevalent that an agreement on some points will be ar? rived at before the commission is ready to make its award. Queenstown, December 5.-The Brit? ish ship Leicester Castle, from San Francisco, July 26, arrived here to? day. Her commander reported that on September 2 three American sea? men-mutinied and Capt. Peattie.and Iiis second officer were shot, the latter fatally, after an encounter with the mutineers, who left the ship on a raft in midocean. Milwaukee, Wis., December 7. Wisconsin and Upper Michigan are in tho embrace of a cold wave tonight, the coldest of tho season. In many [Jacos the temperature is near zero. A hitrh wind prevails in this section and light snow has fallen throughout the State. _.._ CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. The Assignments for Next Year as Made by Bishop Duncan. Newberry, Dec. 8.-The South Caro? lina conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, adjourned tonight. The appointments for next year as arranged by Bishop W. W. Duncan are as follows: Charleston District, H. W. Bays, presiding elder-Allendale, W. C. Kirkland: Beaufort, W. S. Stokes: Black Swamp, A. E. Holler: Char? leston, Trinty, J. W. Daniel, Bethel E. O. Wason, Spring Street, J. C. Roper, Cumberland and Mt. Pleasant, J. L. Harley; Cordesville, C. W. Ray; Cypress, C. W. Burgess: Ehrhardt E. M. McKissick: Hampton, W. A. Betts; Grover, W. S. Goodwin, Harleyville; S. D. Vaughn; Hender scnville, E. P. Hntson; McClellan ville, O. N. Rountree; Pinopolis, W. T. Patrick; Port Royal, P. C. Garris; Ridgeland, W. R. Buchanan: Ridgeville, J. W. Humbert: Round O. J. 0. Davis; Summerville, J. L. Daniel; St. George, P. L. Kirton; Walterboro Station,- Henry Stokes; Walterboro Circuit, W. H. Murray; Charleston Port Society, P. A. Mur? ray, chaplain. Ookesbury District, JohnO. Wilson, P. E.-Abbeville, P. B. Wells: Antre ville, J. A. Peeler; Butler, J. C. Counts; Cokesbury, C. W. Creighton; Donnalds, J. W. Elkins; Greenwood Station, W. A. Massebeau ; Greenwood and Abbeville Mills, J. H. Graves; Kinards, J. R. Copeland: Lowndes ville, R. W. Barber; McCormick, S. T. Blackman; Mt. Caimel, R. C. Boulware; Ninety Six, M. M. Brad ham; Newberry, Central, S. H. Zim? merman, O'Neall Street, G. E. Ed? wards; Newberry Circuit, D. P. Boyd; Parksvilie, J. T. Miller; Phoenix, R. W. Humphreys; Princeton, S. W. Henry; Prosperity, G. R. Shaffer; Saluda, H. vY. Whitaker: Verderv, E. W. Mason : Waterloo, A. S. Les? lie. Columbia District, J. S. Beasley, presidi ng elder-Aiken, B. R. Turnip seed ; Batesburg E. T. Hodges ; Co? lumbia, Washington Street, M. L. Carlisle; Main Streen, W. I. Herbert, Creen Street, R. S. Truesdale, Gran? by, A. R. Phillips; Brookland, F. Speer; Edgewood; J. L. Mullinix: Edgefield, G. W. Davis; Fairfield, W. A. Williams; Fort Motte, M. 31 Byrd, supply; Graniteville, C. D. Mann; Johnston, SV. S. Martin; Langley, J. E. Strickland; Leesville, W. B. Justus; Levriedale, W. S. Henry; Lexington, W. E. Barre; Lexington Fork, J. L. Ray; North Augusta, W. A, Kelley; Ridgeway, M. F. Dukes; St. Matthews, J. E. Mahaffey; Winnsboro, J. R. Camp? bell; Epworth Orphanage, W. B. Wharton ; Superintendent Paine and Lane, Geo. W. Walker: president Columbia Female College, W. W. Daniel. Florence District, A. J. Stokes. presiding elder-Cades, Wm. Ruff; Carterville, J. E. Carter; Cheraw Station. W.-L. Wait: Cheraw Circuit, O. L. Durant: Clvde, J. A. White; Darlington, Trinity, P. F. Kilgo, Epworth i and Lumber, W. C. Keley ; Darlington Circuit, T. J. Clyde; Florence Station, J. G. Beckwith; Georgetown, W. M. Duncan ; Georg town Mission, W. C. Smith, Greeley ville, L. L. Inabinet: Harpers, H. L. Singleton; Hartsville, J. J. Steven? son; Johnsonville, T. B. Owen; King stree Station, H. J. Cauthen; Lake City, J. E. Rushton : Lamar J. B. Travwick; Liberty, R. W. Speigener; Rome, J. F. Way; Salters, J. B. Weldon; Sampit, W. M. Hardin; Scranton, J. O. Carraway, supply; South Florence, D. A. Calhoun; Tim monsville, L. P. McGhee. Greenville District, R. A. Childs, presiding elder-Anderson, St. John's, M. B. Kelley;0rrville, B. M.Robert? son; West End, D. W. Keller; Easley and Bethesha, W. E. Wiggins; Foun? tain Inn, R. R. Dagn3ll, Greenville, Buncomb Street, C. B. Smith ; Hamp? ton Avenue,-J. W. Speak; St. Paul's and West Greenville, T. G. Herbert and G. T. Hannon, Jr. ; Greenville circuit, J. J. White; Greer's G. T. Harmon; Liberty, D. A. Lewis; McClure, R. G. Martin : North Pickens, C. L. McCain, J. P. Atta way, Sapn'y; Pelzer, T. B. Reynolds: Pendleton, J. E. Beard; Pickens, O. M. Abney; Piedmont, Peter Stokes: Reidville, J. W. Shell: Seneca and Walhalla, G. F. Clark? son ; Star and Iva, J. W. Bailey; Lowndesville, M. L. Prince ; Travelers Rest, J. R. Sojourner; Victor and Batesville, . A. E.. Driggers; Walhalla Circuit, J. L Spinks: Westminister, R. M. DuBose; Williamston and Belton, A. J. Cauthen, Jr., Williams ton circuit, J. M. Rogers, Wiliiamston Female College, S.BLar.der, president. Marion District, E. P. Taylor, presi? ding elder-Bay boro, I. N. Stone: Bennettsville station, A. B. Watson; Bennettsville circuit, J. W. Ariall; Brownsville, S. J. Bethea: East Blen? heim, W. B. Baker, Brightsville, F. H. Shuler; Britton s Neck, J. N. Wright; Bucksville,. F. E. Hodges: Centenary, J. A. Graham ; Clio and Beulah, A. T. Dunlap; Conway, Jno. E. Carlisle ; Conway and Cool Springs, Jno. Manning; Dillon Station, J. D. Crout; Dillon mills, J. M. Gasque; Latta, D. Tiller; Little Rock, G. C. Leonard : Loris, S. . J. McConnell ; Marion station, R. E. Stackhouse; East Marion circuit, W. C. Power; Marion circuit and mills, E. F. Scog gings; McColl and Bennettsvlle mills, J. C. Welch, Mullins, F. C. O'Dell: North Marlboro, T. L. Belvin ; North Mullins, B. J. Guess; Waccamaw, G. W. Gatling. Orangeourg District, Marion Dar? gan, presiding elder-Bamberg, M. W. Hook; Barnwell, K. S. Enochs; Branchville, S. A. Nettles; Cameron, J. C. Yongue; Denmark, E. H. Beckhaam, W. H. Wroton, supn'y: Kdisto, A. J. Cauthen, Sir: Elioreo, J. L. Tvler: Norway, W. H. Thrower: Orangeburg, St. Paul, J. A. Clifton; Orangeburg circuit, W. A. Pitts: Orange, B. H. Rawls: Providence, B. M. Grier Rowesvilie and Orangeburg citv mission D. A. Phillips: Smoaks, J. T. Macfarlane: Springfield, R. A. Yongue, M. M. Ferguson, supn'y: Swansea, G. W. Dukes: South Aiken, J. K. Inabinet: Wagener, J. C. Hollev. Rock Hill District, W. P. Meadors, presiding elder-Blacksburg, N. B. Clarkson: Blackstock, W. A. Fairey: Chester, Bethel, G. P. Watson, Grace and New Bethel, B. G. Murphy: Chester circuit, fj. M. Friday: East Chester, J. W. Neelev, East Lancaster, W. C. Winn: Fort Mill, W. A. Wright; Hickory Grove, P. B. Ingra ham; Heath Springs, J.gC. Chandler; Kershaw, E. E. - Turnipseed; Lancas? ter, W. H. Hodges; Lancaster cir? cuit, J. M. Lawson, North Eock Hill, W. H. Arial, Eichburg, D. M. Mc? Leod ; Eock Hill, St. John, W. T. Duncan ; Laurel Street and Highland Park, M. Auld; Manchester and Mount Holley, E. A. Wilkes, Van Wyck, J. H. Noland; Yorkville, J. L. Stokes, S. A. Weber, supn'y; York circuit, 0. A. Jeffcoat; York Mills, L. T. Ligon. ; Spartan burg District, J. W. Kilgc, presiding elder-Belmont, E. Z. James; Clifton and Cowpens, W. J. Synder; Cherokee, J. N. Isom; Clin? ton, G. M. Boyd; Campobello, J. C. Fowler; Enoree, C. B. Burns, Gaff? ney, J. M. Steadman: Gaffney cir? cuit, J. B. Wilson; Jonesville, D. Hucks; Kelton, A. H. Best; Laurens, fi rsc church, W. B. Duncan ; Laurens Mills, J. G. Huggins; Monarch, North Laurens, J. K. McCain ; Paco let Mills, S. T. Creech ; Pacolet cir? cuit, J. D. Prierson; Santue, E. M. Merritt; Spartanburg, central, J. E. Grier; Duncan, M. L. Banks; East Spartanburg, E. L. Holroyd Union. Grace Church, T. E. Morris, W. H. Miller supn'y; Union and Buffalo, E. S. Jones and L. L. Wagnon : Whitmire, J. F. Anderson and W. L. Gault. Southern Christian Advocate, W. E. Eichardson, editor: G. H. Waddell, assistant editor: financial secretary Wofford college, W. A. Eogers. Sumter District, H. B. Browne, presiding elder-Bethany, S. D. Bailey; Bishopville, A. C. Walker: Camden circuit, G. A. Penny ; F?res ton, G. H. Pcoser : Jefferson, T. F. Gibson; Jordan, E. K. Moore: Ches? terfield. N. L. Wiggins: Lynchburg, T. M. Dent: Manning, A. N. Bran? son ; New Zion, G. E. Whitaker ; Os wego and Magnolia, J. H. Thacker : Pinewood, S. O. Cantey ; Eichland, S. M.. Jones; Santee, C. C. Herbert: Sumter, E. H. Jones: Sumter circuit, W. C. Gleaton : St. John's and Eem bert's, L. L. Bedenbaugh: Wateree, E. E. Mood. Secretray of education, J. W. Kil go ; assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beaty; transferred, E. T. Adams, transferred to Southwest Missouri c-onference: J?o. A. Eice, transferred to Alabama conference ; W. H. Kir? ton, to North Carolina conference. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. Glasgow, Where the Most Elabo? rate Experiments Have Been Made, Does Not Derive Much Revenue From its Business Virtues. (From the St. Louis Giobe-Deemorat. ) Beyond any other city in the world Glasgow, Scotland, has gone most ex? tensively into the municipal manage? ment of public utilities. The city supplies water, gas, electric light, street railways, telephones, bath sand wash houses; conducts markets for vegetables, fruit, cattle, cheese, meats, old clothes, birds and dogs ; owns and partly directs 2,488 municipal houses, 8 lodging houses, a family home, 375 shops, 49 stores, 43 ware houses, 43 work shops, 12 halls, 2 churches, 2 hotels, 1 theatre, 1 studio, 1 pawn office, 1 nursing home, 1 powder mill, 1 laundry. 1 bake house, 1 golf course, several stone quarries, 900 railway wagons and one Gospel tent; farms 1,000 acres of land and converts city sewerage into fertilizers It builds street railway cars, reclaims bogs, runs a granary, utilizes clinker and sells waste paper. All these de? partments are managed by what is called the Glasgow cooperation. It is too soon to say what will be the final outcome of these remarkably extensive additions to municipal work, and, in any case, one example does not establish a principle. But the peo? ple of Glasgow have not as yet realized their expectations of reaping large profits from the system. Taxation has increased from 81.20 to 81.62 on the? 8100 valuation. The assessable rental has increased) from 816,000,000 to 825,000,000, but, in the same period, the city debt has] risen from 824,000,000 to 864,000.000. Profits on the street railway s,nc telephones have not materialized aftei allowance is made for depreciation. Glasgow's experiences so far is no^ conclusive either way, but the cit] has not made the money gains cal) culated upon. Possibly it has too man] irons in the fire. A verdict just noV would have to be one of the ScoteJ kind. Monterey, Mex., December Through the efforts of Jose CastelSot Governor of Campeche and preside: of the National Senate, a company lu been organized in Monterey fer e: ploration and development of 50,0< acres of coal land inJNorthern Mexiec The company will be known as tl Monterey Coal Company and wi| start business with a paid-up capit^ of 81,000,000. . Pans, Dec. 6.-The chamber of de j uties was the scene of violent disturl ance this afternoon, during which general melee occurred in the space front of the tribune, requiring t| summoning of the military commai ant of the Palis Bourbon with a p] toon of Colonial infantry who forcil ejected two disorderly members who declined to retire after an order for their temporary expulsion had been voted. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 6.-The worst train wreck in the history of the Inter-Colonial, the Canadian govern? ment Eaihvay, happened at noon today at Belmont station, 70 miles from Halifax, when the Canadian Pacific express from Montreal rolled down an embankment killing at least six per? sons, injuring a score of others, and completely wrecking the locomotive, the postal", express and baggage cars and several passenger coaches. BARBEO PLYMOUTH ROCKS. A FEW fine Barred Plymouth Eock Cockerels are offered for sale at rea j sonable prices. They are from the j best strains and are large well marked j birds. j Eggs for sale in season. The supply ! will be limited and orders will be filled in order of receipt. H. G. OSTEEN, Dec. 3-tf.; Sumter, S. C.