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St Joseph's Commencement. The fortieth session of St Joseph's Academy was brought to a successful close last evening with the annual j? commencement exercises which were held in the Opera House in the pres? ence of an audience that was enthusi? astically appreciative and that filled the house to the limit of its seating Capacity. _ The year just closed has been in *many respects the most successful in the history of this excellent and time honored institution, established and so long maintained by the good sisters , for the training and education of girls and young ladies!. The attendance has been larger than for several years, and ?,jthe work accomplished in all depart? ments has been thorough and satisfac? tory to the instructors. This thoroughness in the education al work was reflected in the excellence of the programme of exercises and the artistic skill of the pupils in .the de? partment of music The programme was as follows : Hymn-"Hear us, O Father"-Rose wig. By the pupils. Fiano-Viola * Hoffstetter. Salutatory-Miss Mary Dixon. "ABC Drill"-By the Kindsrgart ners. Instrumental Trio-"The Magic Flute"-Mozart. Susie McKinley, Viola Hoffstetter, Carrie Klein. "Echo Dell"-Recitation by Elocu? tion Class, Div. B. *"* "Seguidilla"~HoIst. First Piano, Miss Carrie Klein ; . Second Piano, Misses Pauline Woodley, Katherine Chase and Nellie McMillan. Triangle, Castanets and Tambourines, Misses Mary Dixon, Beulah Hill, Sarah Kan "dem, Mary Pitts and Ila Everett Vocal Dnett-"When Life is Bright? est"-Pinsu ti. Mises Emmie Reese id Genevieve Bera Instrumental Quartette-' * L" Alerte' ' -Behr. Misses Adele Vinson, Daisy Dixon, Katie Stickley and Birdie Austine. Instrumental Quartette--" Hungary" -Mcszkowski. Misses Genevieve Bero, Mary McManus; Pauline Woodley and Mary O'Hagan. v Instrumental Solo-"The Lion Hunt" "-Kolling. Miss; Birdie Austine Vocal Solo-"A Song of Dreams" Hartwell. Miss Mary O'Hagan. "Abide with Me"-Recitation with Musical Interlude-Elocution Class, Div. A. Valedictory-Miss Adele Vinson. "The Fairy Bridal Cantate" Subject ^founded on Shakespeare's "Mid-sum *mer Night' Dream. " Instrument! Solo-"Godard's 5th Mazurka." Miss Katie Stickley. 8!SH0PV)LLE7S RAPID GROWTH. A - Some of the Substantial Improvements Ttat are Under Way. Bishopville, a C., June 23.-The cotton oil mills buildings are now funder construction here and the stock? holders, hope to be able to open up ? business in the course of two or three months. A lot of the machinery has; already been received and will be putj in as soon as the buildings are ready. This ot! mill is being built near the depot, and it is understood that the *? company intends making arrangements with the railroad company to run a switch out by the building. When ; this mill is put into operation, there is no doubt that mach improvement wili be seen and realized by the town and community, this being the only enterprise of its kind near here. The town is otherwise improving also. ?T;here are now five or six brick stores under construction, many of which are handsome buildings. It will not be Jong when a frame store house can? not be seen in the town, and there is nothing that protects the interest of business mea more than this movement on the part of the town authorities to endeavor to have all wooden buildings for stores discarded, and handsome i, brick stores erected in their stead. ' Among the most conspicuous build? ings is the one on the comer of Main and Scarborough streets. This is be? ing constructed by the Bishopville In? vestment Company. It is to have two large stores opening on Main street, and there will be about forty or ?ity t offices in Gae rear of the building and upstairs. This its an immense stree- ; ture and willi soon be ready for oe- I cupancy. Dr. L. H. -Jennings, one of our; most promising young physicians, has j recently been appointed kcal surgeon j , ? for the Atlantic Coast Line Company * at this place. This is a high compli? ment to Dr. Jennings, being a ve- ] cognition of his splendid ability. He enjoys a very large practice here. CoL John To will, of Bates burg, is ! visiting friends; in Bishopville. CoL To will being a member of the Legis ia % ?ure, has a great many friends through out the State, coming in contact with j them during the sessions of the Gene - ral Assembly. He is a young man of commanding personalities. Miss Theo Malloy, of Cheraw, is spending some time in Bishopville. < She is one of the most accomplished young ladies of Cheraw. F. F. H. Death ff W. 0. Mayes. Mayesville, June 20.-Again has the grim visage of death appeared in our midst and another one of our number " has . been called to rest on the oth er side. On Friday at noon, William D. Mayes passed from the toils and cares of this life to receive the reward awaiting the faithful in the great Be? yond. He was born on April 20, 1871, being only 32 years of age at his death. He entered into business quite early in life and made a success of all his I undertakings. He was a prosperous mer ' chant and farmer and was connected with all public enterprises of the town, and also, a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. On Dec. 30, 1396, he was married to Miss Elizabeth W. Grant, who survives him with three sons. William Mayes will be missed by many for he was one of the quiet, un 'assuming men whose influence is felt? on all sides. While he will be missed and we are saddened by his departure to another shore, yet we can only say, "Thy will not ours be done" for "Some day we'll understand." "Truly an honest man's, the noblest work of! ..God." G. Mail Carrier Shaw has secured the agency for the Bates-Hawley Signal Mail Box for city house collection ser? vice. It is a gem. The box is approv- j ed by the Postmaster General. Carriers must deposit and collect mail from these boxes. It is a lock box. BEST KAOLIN IN AMERICA. j A Chance for Sumter to Secure a Great Industry. I Prof. W. A. Buckner has returned ' from New York acccompaned by Mr. Colin McLean, of East Liverpool, I Ohio, who is a practical pottery maker I of many years experience and an ex ! pert judge of kaolin and otner pot? tery clays. Mr. McLean spent Monday with Prof. Buckner at the kaolin bed in Richland county, which Prof. Buckner discovered last year, and made a thor? ough examination of the bed and ob? tained specimens of the clay from different parts of the bed. Prof. Buckner had previously sent samples of the clay to East Liverpool and had a thorough test made of it by the manufacturers of chinaware and other grades of pottery, and these tests substantiate the opinion expressed by Mr. McLean, that this bed of kaolin prc duces the best pottery clay yet found in America. In addition to the superior quality of the clay there is an almost inexhaustible quantity in the bed. Mr. McLean says there is in sight sufficient of the clay to supply all demands for several life-times. This clay is the equal in quality to the English clay that all potteries are now forced to import at great expense, it being impossible to make good ware by using the American clay heretofore on the market without the admixture of a large percentage of English clay. Mr. McLean says that the East Liver %pool potteries have been using clay from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida for mixing with English clay, but when the clay from this Bichland kaolin bed is put on the market they will be able to make better ware than they have ever made before and at the same time en? tirely abandon the use of English clay. .' While in New York Prof. Buckner submitted samples of the clay to nu? merous experts and the unanimous opinion expressed was of the same tenor as that expressed by MT. Mc? Lean yesterday after having made a personal inspection of the kaolin bed. It is Mr. McLean's and Prof. Buckner's intention to establish a pot? tery for the manufacture of fine china ware, and if Sumter or the business men of the town will extend a reason? able amount of encouragement the pottery will be located in this city. Mr. McLean will be in the city for several days and will have his plans more fully developed before he returns ? to East. Liverpool. It is practically settled that a pottery will be estab? lished in the vicinity of the kaolin j beds, either in Sumter or Richland ? ? county, and in time there will be oth I ers established. The place that secures ; the first pottery will naturally stand I the best chance of getting the others. ! East Liverpool, Ohio, is now a center i of pottery making, with a large num ' ber of potteries having an immense out? put annually. This business has been developed at East, Liverpool despite the fact that all of the raw material has had tojbe brought from distant points at heavy expense. There is no reason why Sumter cannot be made a pottery manufacturing center, since it has the advantage of being in close proximity to the largest bed of the best pottery clay in America.. Justas the telephone manfactnring industry has been built np in Sumter the china making indus? try can be built up, if th? right men take hold of it and push it. . Privateer Personals. Privateer Township, June. 23.-Mr. Willie Cain, Jr., was among tlte re- j cent graduates at Clemson College. ; The Clemson correspondent " of r?e ; State, in giving the personnel of the graduating class, says this of Mr. Cain, *'William Odil Cain, born in Sumter county, May 4, 1879, textile course." Miss Ida Cain has returned from the Edgefield College, formerly the S. C. OL I. On Sunday Bethel Church called the ]Eev. T. Hartwell Edwards, of Green- | wood. The Wedgefield Baptist Church .was also to call him that day. A delightful bevy of sweet school girls are visiting at Mr. Sep Earvin's. They are Mrs. Harvin's former Sanday School class at Manning and are as fol- : lows : Misses Clara and Sosie Barrio, Pauline and Beulah Wilson, Gussie Appelt and Edna Brockingon. Miss Juanita Hoyt, one of Sumter's sebool girls, has been visiting in the community and Mr. Jim Ramsey, -of Georgia, is visiting here. Mr. J. D. Jones has closed his ?tore at the Privateer station and removed to Somter. Mr. William Kolb's little son who had typhoid fever, is much better. There were four burials last week at the Beulah Church, colored, in the northern part of the township One of these was Naro Tindal, a landowner and aged patriarch of his race in the, township whose death has already been mentioned in your columns, We had an unusual occurrence down, this way last week-hail two days io succession. McD. F. New Stuthern Railway Schedule. Charleston, S. C, June 17.-The fol- j lowing changes of schedule went into effect on the Charleston Division Sun? day, June 21st, 1903: Train No. 13, will leave Charleston 7.30 a. m., arriving Columbia 11.40 a. m. Train No. 25, will arrive Blackville 4.05 a. m., instead of 4.15 a. m. Trains Nos. 17 and 18, between Rock Hill and Kingsville will be changed to Nos. 26 and 27 as follows : Train No. 27, daily except Sunday, will leave Rock Hill 6.30 a. m., Cam? den 9.15 a. m., Ringville, 11.10 a. m., arriving Columbia, 12.01 a. m. Train No. 26, daily except Sunday, will leave Columbia 2.00 p. m.. Kings? ville, 2.50 p. m., Camden 4.15 p. m., arriving Rock Hill 7.00 p. m. Train No 42, daily except Sunday, will leave Sumter 2.15 p. m., arriving Sumter Junction 3.00 p. m. Tiain No. 43, daily except Sunday, will leave Sumter Junction 3.20 p. m., arriving Sumter 4.00 p. m. Train No. 14, will leave Blacksburg 9.15 a. m., Rock Hill 10.50 a. m., arriving Camden 1.40 p. m., leave Camden 2.00 p. m., arriving Ring? ville 3.40 p. m. Train No. 15 will arrive Blacksburg 1 at 12.10 p. m., intsead of 12.01 p. m., as formerly. All other schedules will remain as at present. W. H. Tayloe, Asst. General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga, J. R, Clack, Agent, Sumter, S.C. Country Wedding at Oswego. I Your correspondent has agai n enjoyed j a visit to new Osgwego and snrround ? ings. Tlie farmers have been nicely bathed and the sunshine has got 'em a hustling, and a week or two will make crops more promising than now. We find some sick here, viz : K. K. Brown, Misses Anice McLeod, and Inez Brown. Miss Alice Andrews un? der the skillful treatment of Dr. Wal? ter Cheyne, is fast gaining her usual health. Miss Mattie Shuler, sister of Mrs. L. J. Brown, is visiting her at her home. Miss Marietta Funches, of Orange burg, is the guest of the Misses Andrews at Oswego. Mrs. C. J. Clark, who has been flood bound in upper Carolina, has crossed over and landed home. For the benefit of the church the young ladies have opened for the sum? mer an ice cream garden here every Saturday evening, and are glad to have visitors from all quarters. The biggest pleasure on this trip was the sweet little wedding of Mr. Carl Willard and Miss Ida Andrews. She is one of Oswego's sweetest girls. He rs one of the chief clerks in the Charleston postoffice. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Thack? er, at. the lively and happy home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Andrews, which was beautifully decorated with the usual emblems for such occasions. When the farm bells were ringing ipgh noon all around, the preacher and the little company re? paired to the parlor and took their places, then came the attendants, Mr. Marion Andrews with Miss Maria Michau, after which the couple came in and took their places under the bell, and took the solemn but willing vows of man and wife. I can't, and wouldn't if I could, describe the costumes, but can say they were beau? tiful and sweet. Then next came the bell calling us and the company to the dining-room, where we had our great? est pleasure around the loaded table. Then came the sad parting, when the happy pair left foT their future home in the city by the sea, carrying many vaulable presents and good wishes under a showers of old shoes and rice M. J. M: ODD FELLOWS ORPHANAGE, Committee of Grand Lodge Asks For Bids The city of Sumter is asked to make a bid for the location of the Odd Fel? lows Orphanage which the Grand j Lodeg has decided to establish in this I State. The committee in charge of ! the matter has written Mayor Stuckey ' the following letter which explains it? self: Dear Sir: At the. meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of South Carolina, May the 13th instant, a committee -was appointed to select a place to build an Orphans' Home and School. The committee respectfully ask your peobple to make a bid for the Home to be located in your city. We will spend between fifteen and twenty-five thousand dollars on the Eome. The Home to be supported by the Odd Fellows of South Carolina which numbers several thousand. The Home will be a great addition to your city, and we ask the best bid possible. Any information desired will be cheerfully given by any member of committee. Yours respectfully, S. F. Killingswoth, L. N. Zealy, Secrretary. Chairman. Destructive Hailstorm at Lanes. One of the heaviest and most de? structive hail storms reported this sea? son ccurred at Lanes Thursday after? noon. Hail stones of extraordinary size fell in such numbers that the ground was covered to the depth of several inches on the level, and where it drift edagainst houses or fences measurement showed that tfeere were eight to twelve inches of hail on the ground after the storm had passed. Crops were beaten into the ground and utterly destroyed,. leaves and small limbs beaten from the trees, shingles knock? ed from roofs, window glasses broken and the windows of the train on the Georgetown, road were broken. The storm extended an its-severity for seve . ral miles in aTl directions* from Lanes and hail Jell as far up as Fores ton. Mr. W. J. I>awsey who was on the Georgetown tsain during the storm brought a paper ?hag full of hail stones with him to this city that night. He gathered them at Lanes sometime after the storm was over, but even when he reached this city that night some of them were a fraction more than a inch in -diameter. Cow Thief Captured. John Sharper, alias Dozier Sharper, a Wedgefield negro, sold a cow to Eugene Hogan Saturday, but . be? fore he could get out of town a tele? phone message came from Sedgefield asking the police to look out for a cow thief who had taken a cow from a ne? gro woman living near Wedgefield. The description given fitted the cow Sharper had sold to Mr. Hogan and he was arrested and put in the guard house. A white man who was with him when he sold the -cow was also ar? rested, but Sharper stated that the white- man had nothing to do with stealing the cow, but was waiting on him to get the money for the cow to buy a quart of whiskey so they could have a "good time'11 together. Bicycles Shipped to China. W. S. Reynolds, the bicycle dealer shipped three bicycles to Shanghai, China, a few days ago to fill an order he received from a missionary who is stationed in the interior several hun? dred miles from Shanghai. About two years ago, Mr. Reynolds sold a wheel to the missionary who was in tb is State on a vacation, and he was so well pleased with it that he ordered a new wheel for himself, one for his wife and one for a friend. The freight on the three wheels will add considerably to the cost of the wheels. Owners of fine cows who send them out to graze in the care of little negro boys should stroll down the railroad tracks some day and see how their cows are cared for. They are turned loose to wander at will while the cow minders play ball with all their might. The cows get on the railroad tracks and it is an almost daily occurrence that the engineers of passing trains have to stop their engines and drive the cows off the track. When some fine cow is killed by the train the own? er will blame the railroad. GASE OF JAMES H. TILLMAN, Charged With the Murder of Ed ?tor N. G. Gonzales. Motion Made for a Change of Venue on the Ground That a Fair Trial Cannot be Obtained in Richland County. Columbia, June 22.-The Circuit Court, Judge D. A. Townsend presid? ing, today took up the case of James H. Tillman, charged with murder, and a motion for change of venue was heard. On January 15 Tillman, then Lieutenant Governor, shot and killed N. G. Gonzales, editor of The State, who had repeatedly denounced him when Tillman was a candidate for Governor last year. The defence today produced about 500 affidavtis to show that a fair trial could not be had in this county be? cause of prejudice against the defen? dant. The majority of the signers of these affidavits are not prominent citizens, and the principal affidavits were made by the defendant's counsel and friends, who asserted that the Columbia newspapers and preachers had incited feeling against Tillman by their reference to the case. The prosecution presented about 400 affi? davits in reply. Practically all the ministers of Columbia asserted that they have made no reference to the case from their pulpits. Newspaper men, including Messrs. W. E. and A. E. Gonzales, respectively editor and publisher of The State, stated in affi? davits that the Columbia papers had conspicuously and carefully refrained from inflammatory denunciations of the defendant. These assertions were backed by statments from bank presi? dents, lawyers, physicians, college professors, merchants and men in all lines of business, including many citizens of the county outside of Co? lumbia. The reading of these affi? davits was not concluded when Court adjourned until tomorrow morning. The argument will doubtless con? sume all of the day. Counsel on each side today contested very heartily every point and several eloquent speeches were made. The prosecution is conducted by Solicitor J. Wm. Thurmond, assisted by Messrs. G. Duncan Bellinger, formerly Attorney General; Andrew Crawford and Wm. Elliott, Jr. The defence is represent? ed by Geo. W. Croft, of Aiken, the prisoner's law partner; Ex-Judge O. W. Buchanan, the prisoner's brother in-law ; B. P. Nelson, of Columbia, formerly solicitor ; George Johnstone, ex-member of Congress, and George R. Rembert, of Columbia. Tillman's mother, wife and child were in Court part of the time, as was his uncle, Senator B. R. Tillman. Mr. Nelson read the affiadvits, the first being by W. T. Martin, which set forth that he has heard many of the people of the city and county dis? cuss the shooting, and he believed that their prejudice against the defen? dant has been influenced by the news? papers of the city, which have pub? lished editorials and clippings en? deavoring to' mould public opinion, and that articles signed by public men have appeared calling Tillman an as? sassin and Gonzales martyr. Mr. Martin further says that he was elect? ed a director on The State, but declined to serve on account of the bitter at? tacks made by Editor Gonzales upon people who differed with him. Mr. George R. Rembert attorney at law, stated that as an attorney for Congressman Lever he was constantly brought in contact with registered voters and does.not believe that a fair trial could be obtained. The affidavit of John T. Gaston was substantially the same as that of W. T. Martin's, the statement being made that he has interested himself in securing affidavits for a change of venue, and that many people would have signed them but were afraid that it might influence their business. The affidavits of James F. Troy, resi? dent of Columbia ; W. D. Caughman, resident of the county ; J. A. Martin, of Columbia, and N. E. Frick, of the county, were practically the same, they simplly stating that public opin? ion in this county was prejudiced against Tillman. Z.The affidavit of Senator Sharpe, of Lexington, was next read. It ' stated that the senator often visited Colum? bia and was here on the day of the shooting and that in the discussion of the case the people often denounced the defendant as an assassin and mur? derer. He also swears that the news? papers of Columbia have called atten? tion to the raising of a monument to Mr. Gonzales and articles signed by eminent men have appeared calling the defendant a murderer and holding up Mr. Gonzales as a martyr. The affidavit of Ed. Marsh, a resi? dent of the county, states that soon after the killing the minsters of the county preached sermons condemning Tillman and calculated to prejudice the people of the county against the defendant. Affidavits were presented on the same order as that Mr. John T. Gas? ton, being signed by W. H. William? son, Geo. H. Conneley, O. F. Chap? pell, J. W. Bunch, J. Espotono, D. H. Goble, P. P. Hayes, E. C. Shull, S. M. Dutaean, J. H. Cotton, H. W. Dixon, M. Lt. Moore, J. B. Heriot, S. Rogers, D. P. Smith, J. B. Elkin, M. W .Rawls, E. S. Owens, W. E. 1 Reece, C. H. Reece, W. J. Williams, I D. B. Cotton, J. P. Isenhower, J. G. Reece, W. E. Buckheister, L. M. Spann, A. D" Kelly, W. T Lucius,. John Taylor, C. H. Deal, J. H. H. Haithcock, W. N. Kirkland J. E. Moorehead, P. B. McCoy, L. M. Geiger, M. H. Haithcock, W. B. Al? bert, Joab Cotton, W. R. Addison, R. Addison, R. E. Blakely and J. T. Addison. Then followed a number of affidavits j signed by residents of the county to the effect that they did not believe the defendant could obtain a fair trial on account of the attitude of the press and of the ministers of the city and county. Similar affidavits were presented by residents of Lexington county who are in the habit of coming to Columbia, many of them being citizens of Brook? land. ?j All of the above affidavits were* served upon the solicitor on June 12. On June 15 affidavits were served upon G. Duncan Bellinger, the first being by O. W. Buchanan who sets forth that during his stay in the city he has heard Tillman condemned and that lie was reliablv informed that many ladies in Columbia prayed for Till? man's conviction. Ile relates an inci? dent wherein Mr. W. H. Gibbes, county auditor, on the day Chief Jus? tice Pope refused Tillman bail, met P. H. Nelson and stated that he hoped the latter would lose his case. He further states that The State has let no opportunity pass to stir up feeling against defendant and reference is made to an editorial printed in The Record on June 13 in regard to the change of venue. The affidavit of Geo. W. Croft con? tains extracts from articles sent in by The State's correspondents condemn? ing the shooting and also the resolu? tions passed by the South Carolina college. These, rcith the editorials, have been the cause of exciting preju? dice against the defendant. The affidavit of Wilie Jones sets forth that "public sentiment" in the city and county "is intense against James H. Tillman." J. A. West, R. S. Hipp, F. C. Caughman, C. P. Huffman, J. T. Thornton. R. M. MeKinnon, J. Cart? ledge, S. R. Peary and Rev. J. W. Peary sign an affidavit that "the gen? eral opinion expressed" in this county "censures and criticises Tillman se? verely, often denouncing him as a murderer and assassin;" that such opinion makes a fair trial of the case in this county impossible : and that the city papers have helped to make prejudice against Tillman. C. Neal, W. L. Miles, A. W. Brazell, L. S.~ Neal, J. R. Cooper, S. C. McConnell, J. S. Price, R. M. Stephens, T. W. Vaughan, W. J. Mur? phy and W. T. Pore make affidavit that a fair trial is impossible as the conversation of numbers of people con? demns Tillman and shows that they have prejudged him. A similar affidavit is signed by C. McCarty, J. S. Gunweil and W. 0. Berry, of Brookland. The reading of the affidavits proceed? ed in the ordinary way, Mr Johnstone reading a part of them. Sometimes Mr. Nelson and Mr. Johnstone made parenthetical remarks during the read? ing, but Mr. Bellinger protested ?nd the judge declared that the affidavits must be strictly stuck to. There were 206 regular affiavits read and then the defence sent up a bunch of 150 more. The state objected to this, holding that they must first be served on them. The defense contend? ed that they contained no new matter and besides legally could be admitted. The state held to the contrary, and all the lawyers made remarks on the ques? tion except Messrs, Elliott, Buchanan and Rembert. Finally, Judge Townsend said that he did not want to exclude any light on the subject and he thought the affi? davits ought to be admitted, not, how? ever until they were served on the state. MURDERER CHEATS THE GALLOWS. John Brownfield, the Georgetown Criminal, Takes Poison and Dies. Special to The Daily Item. Georgetown, June 23.-John Brown? field, the negro barber who was in jail under sentence for murder and was to have been hanged on Friday next com? mitted suicide today by taking poison. When it was discovered that he had taken poison he was too far gone to be saved. How he obtained possession of the poison with which he ended his life and cheated the gallows has not been ascertained as yet, but a full in? vestigation will be made and the blame fixed, if possible. There remains in the hands of the committee appointed to receive sub? scriptions for the flood sufferers at Pacolet and Clifton a small sum of money that was paid in after the third and last remittance was made early last week. As this money is not need? ed, the Spartanburg committee having received all the money needed to re? lieve the flood sufferers, it would be a good idea for the committee to turn over the funds on hand to the United Charities Society ior the relief of the poor of the city who are always in need of assistance. Of course, if any of the late contributors to the fund should demand the return of the sub? scriptions the committee could refund the money to them, but as the bulk of tlie money collected was forwarded to Sprtanburg immediately, it is impossi? ble to refund to all contributors as was done in some places, and the best dis? position of the small balance on hand seems to be to turn it into the local relief fund that is administered by the United Charities Society. Work on. the enlargemment of the Nixon House has been commenced, and it is expected to have the im? provements completed and hotel tho? roughly modernized by the opening of the fall season. Labor Contract Upheld. Columbia, June 20.-It is not often that violations of farm labor contracts reach the supreme court, but such a case was decided yesterday-the State of South Carolina vs. Wade Long. The latter had secured advances on a lien given to R. C. Folk of Sumter county. Afterwards he "wilfullyand without cause refused to perform the labor required of him by the con? tract. ' ' In the magistrate's court the defendant was found guilty by a jury and appealed to the circuit court which reversed the action of the magistrate's court. The supreme court has sustained the magistrate. Iva, June 20.-Mr. Chas L. Hall wounded and captured a large eagle near his home, two and a half miles below here, last Monday. The bird is of the gray variety and measures seven feet from tip to tip of its wings. This is the second one captured near here in the last few years. ? The most significant thing about the contributions to the Ewen fund is not so much the general sympathy for Capt. Ewen as a man whose ruin has been attempted because he refused to perjure himself., as it ia the expression of the popular demand that the reign of anarchy in Breathitt county shall be summarily brought to an end. Unfortunately the officials through whom this demand must be executed do more to frustrate it than to execute it. They should have a care, how? ever. The people of Kentucky are profoundly stirred by the situation in Breathitt. They are the source of power which is being prostituted so flagrantly by these officials, and they are in no mood to submit to this pros? titution much longer.-Louisville Courier-Journal. PRESIDENT KNEW IT. The Rottenness in the Postoffice Was Known Months Ago. New York American Calls Upon Pres? ident Roosevelt That He Back up His Words With Deeds. It must be remembered that the pro? gressive revelations of the rottenness of Mr. Payne's department that daily startle the country are not hitting the president with like sudden force. For him the shock of the disclosures was over long ago, for the things that anger and amaze the people have been known to Mr. Roosevelt for many months. To him corraption in the postoffice department is an old story. A far back as last December Mr. Roosevelt knew that A. W. Machen, superintendent of free delivery, had been awarded an illegal coal contract by Postmaster General Payne's con fiential secretary, H. H. Rand. It was six months before this came out and Machen was indicted on another charge. Yet the president did noth? ing. And Rand, the man who drew two salaries from the government, and a third from a peculiar mining promo? tion company, is still Payne's confi? dential secretary. After Machen came Tyner, assistant attorney general for the postoffice de? partment, who overruled the report of the inspectors who wished to close the mail to the get-rich-quick swindlers, and who wrote the managers of the il? legal company a letter that they used as an advertisement to delude more dupes into giving them their dollars. This was in December last, and the only punishment contemplated by the administration was that Tyner should resign in his own good time * * * The president knew-that is the disheartening thing about all this mine of crime that has been uncover? ed. He knew that the "practical politi? cians'' he had put in charge of the great department were exploiting it as the police department of New York was exploited at the high tide of black? mail and graft. He knew that the free delivery sys? tem had been swollen to $25,000,000, much of the increase being divided be? tween plain theft and political favor, and nearly all of it being expended in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, where voters and delegates were needed. And, knowing all these things he hesi? tates to follow the revelations home to the men most guilty because of the menace of the powerful politicians who put them in. That the president should not desire to engender powerful enmities on the eve of a convention before which he is a candidate is comprehensible, but the enmity of all the Paynes and Han? nas and Platts and Quays and Perry Heaths of the country is less to be feared by a candidate for the presi? dency than the indignation of the peo? ple. "Political expediency" in a case like this is bound to defeat itself. No half-way measures will serve, Mr. President -what the country demands is not the resignations of one or two? smirched men, with letters of recom? mendation and appreciation to salve their hurts, but indictments, prosecut ings, convictions, together with full exposure of all the evil that has been done, to the end that public scorn and contempt shall reach the guilty servants whose acts cannot be reached by the laws against theft and bribery and blakmail. "Words are good when backed by deeds, and only so." Back the words you spoke before the trail of crime was blocked by the threat of political retaliation. Let the country know that your in? dignation at corruption in office does not restrict its expression to stump speeches. Make it plain that in yon it has an executive who not only de? sires honesty and decency among his subordinates, but one whose anger at the betrayal of trust moves him to adequate action. The country waits, Mr. President* for the deeds to back your words. Maj. Marion Moise's pair of horses ran away with his carriage on West Liberty street Friday afternoon completely wrecking the carriage. The driver who was alone in the carriage was thrown out but escaped uninjured. mm rn - There seems to be a growing dis? position cn the part of the merchants to disregard the agreement to close promptly at 10 o'clock Saturday night. A very few close promptly at I0> o'clock and let their clerks go, while a great many keep their doors open for fifteen or twenty minutes after 10 o'clock and continue business just as long as there are customers to be served or the hope of the arrival of a belated shopper. This is in direct and open violaticn of the agreement signed by the merchants, and the people who are observant are wondering how the signers of the agreementniarmonize their pledge with their practice. It would be very much to be regretted should the continued violation of the agreement lead to abandonment of the custom of closing the stores at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Chester, June 18.-Bill Washington - a negro farm hand on Mr. C. C. Mc Aliley's plantation, was killed Tues? day evening by being dragged by a> runaway mule for a quarter of a mile. The negro, after his day's work, was riding home in a careless manner, when rlie mule shied, throwing the negro to the ground. In some wav he was caught in the traces. This terri? fied the already frightened animal, which ran, dragging the negro fully a quarter of a mile. At a creek the body caught in some bushes, which stopped the mule. When aid reached the place the mule had turned on its victim and was pawing the mangled body of the negro. Washington, June 16.-One Senator at least does not heed the President's request as a summons, and the sticklers for etiquette and the politicians are anxiously awaiting to see how it is go? ing to come out. Senator Scott of West Virginia was at the White House today, but found Mr. Roosevelt en? gaged. He waited a few minutes, but left without seeing the President. He had not got far when the Presi? dent sent for him, and although in? formed that the President wanted to see him, he would not return, sending word back: "I can't stop now."