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mm SLIM IESIGNS. i HE WILL RETIRE WITH UAHXK tiJE PENSION IN MONTHS. Announcement of Prcskleiit of Slate I nivrndtv of HI* Determination tu Cp HW Work Made at Meeting Of Hoard of Tratte?* Last Night Aad U Heard W ith (General Ragtet. Columbia. April 14.?The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina at Its meeting this evening received with regret the announce? ment by President Benjamin Sloan that be would not ft tend nor re-elec? tion. The announcement came as a complete surprise to most of the booftrd and was entirely voluntary, as Major Sloan ? administration has been moat UMCcessful and acceptable, aud the board, as well as every friend of the University, realise how difficult It will be to (flnd a successor who can maintain the work he has done. Major Sloan. In presenting his re? port to the board this evening, read the follow pig statement concerning himse'f-. It Is my duty now to state to the board that I shall have to de- ? ellaei at the end of this session, to stand /??( i ? ? -? l??(.'tio.i to h..th o:h\ president of the University and pro fe>-s??r ol physics. I wish to retire | hor&uee I am painfully conscious that the Interests of the University can far better be served aud promoted by a >< j: *??r'and more vlgiotous man. Moreover, because of declining years, gand the di.L.-s and responsibilities of these oxUcts last grow unduly weari? some, It Is profound grief that 1 w?*ke tbts announcement. Vor more tbs:i a quarter of a century I hove glveu) myself, heart and soul, to this old sometimes college, sometimes uni? versity. I now feei that the best thai was within me hss been spent and ?tut my hold upon life has beet, .dack enedj and so I Ask you to release me. Anticipating my release I wish to express to the7 board my grateful thanks for its gracious courtesy, sound advice and tts uniformly help? ful eupp rt throughout my adminis? tration. Although I leave It. my hue for the old institution is undying, and I wish I could live to see, It becom the great university which South Car? olina mu*t have. "I may be of Interest to the board to snow that my retlren.ent will not be accompanied) by distress! to me pecuniarily. A copy of a letter from Dr. Henry 8. Prltohett. pipsldent of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad* vancement of Teaching, herewith ap? pended, will show thst at the instance of my friends. Col. Jonn T. *lo*r?, J. F. sfeMahoa and others, I have been granted a retiring allowance of 91. HO annually. This will tftsttpate In my old age asfefear of the wolf at the door. "Whether this recognition of ser? vices rendered Is deserved Is not for me to say. but I hope I do no wrong In gratefully accepting It." e I DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. -i Prominent ? Toasts i Men Who W ill Respond to St the T. P. A. Banquet Mf. R. I. Manning, chairman of the committee of arrangements, has re? ceived acceptances from the following gentlemen whem he Invited to attend and respond to toasts at the banquet t ? be given complimentary to the State Travelers' Protective As*ocla? Hon during the annual convention of that organisation in this city May 6th to Ith: X Secretary of Agriculture James Wil? son,'of Washington, D. Cj Gov. M. F. Ansel, of South Carolina. Superinten? dent A. W. Anderson, the Atlantic Coast Line. Lewis H. Parker. Esq.. of Oroesvvtlle. Hob. A. V. Lever, congressman from the 7th district. President P. J. Drew, of the South Carolina Travelers' Pro? tective Assoclstloa. W. B. CuOnselm, Bdltor of the Co. lumbla State. Hon. Huger Stukler, of <?harle?ton. RED HEN COUNCIL. / Haraeonkw* Session Held In Charte?, ion?gMsfSJPJ Elected. Charleston. April 15.?The 19th an? nual convention ? f the Improved Or? der of Red Men adjourned today after a pleasant, harmonious and prontable ?ee?ton. The convention will meet next year at Hpartanburg The follow? ing officers were elected: J: T. Oaxton. < '? ?!?.ti.I 'u. great sachem; J. D. Harris. Langlcy. great prophet; J. S Booth j| Chester, great senior sagamore; B. F. | Townsend. Union, great Junior saga? more; B. C. Wallace. Kumter, great keeper of records; Otto Klettner, Newberry. great keeper of wampum. The business of the convention was largely the resdlng of reports, which generally showed progress In the or? der In Pouth Carolina. The average man hasn't enough courage to apphiud until some other fellow starts It. Fortune bringe In some boa to that are not steered ?Shakespeare. Anderson the scut of the tOtfl Convcn Ihm?Mm rrogruniiuc I'lcpttrctl Anderson, April' 14.- The sixtieth | annual meeting of the South Carolina Medical Association o\ ened h. rt ihtrf nft?rn)on with the convening of the house of delegates tor ? business ses? sion. Dr. LeGrantl Quarry, Jf Colum? bia, president of tho Association, H presiding. The scientific sessions opena at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning In the handsome county court room. An elaborate programme has been pre? pared, and the outlook is bright for an Important and instructive meeting. The local committee, with Dr. J. H. Young, as chairman, Is preparing suitable entertainment, including a banquet to be served by ihe ladies of the Hospital Association at Buena Vista Park Thursday night. A number of Interest! jg ^matters were brought up for discussion thla afternoon. The Insurance examina? tion fee, thought to have bean definite? ly settled littst year by i t solution tind the sMbsonuent coming in of the And? erson County Society, was re-opencd on the re<iuest of the Anderson So? ciety today to he allow, d to charge $."> i i fraternal Order ? \.ni.i:un ions, ln lef.i of $5 as now required for nil m.inations. The request was ta? bled* then reconsidered and referred to a special committee fos a hearing. Considerable discussion WAS brought ibout by a re* ?lution calling upon each eounty society to put a physi? ch n \a the primary as a candidate for the It^Mature, so ips to s? cure favor? able sanitary and health laws. The Resolution. was defeat* :d,j many mehv bers expressing grert satisfaction with the measures pa.seed this year, and th* outlook for favorable considera? tion of measures to be proposed for the antl-tubereulosls campaign, pure foe 1 and drainage laws, as well as rc nuhemente for the practice of sur gery and medicine. The enthusiasm Is marked, and the advantages obtain? ed from more systematic Work under [thf plan of reorganisation adopted two years ago. is strongly felt In many ways. Dr. Walt?w Cheyne, of Sumter, the efficient secretary of the Associa? tion, has worked hard and faithfully and the conidltlogis described by Dr. O*. B. Mayer, of Newberry as apply? ing tio the third chancellor district could be well applied to the organiza? tion as a whole, "The profession is at last beginning to feel that pride In their- profession, which we ought to have, and which will commend the profession to the public as well as command the reepect and admiration of all good people." v FUNERAL OF PETER MEL I JETT. ' j S i There us* a Large and Sorrowing Gathering at the Grave. The funepal services of Mr. Peter Mellett were held Thursday morning at the family burial ground In Paiva teer. There were pronably over three hundred persons present at this an? cient resting place of the dead. Some of the ancestors q^f the deceased were laid to rest n this place during the Revolutionary war. & Rev. YVm. Haynsworth, the pastor of the-We IgehVld Baptist church, of-? delated. There was scarcely a dry ey*e during the Impressive service. Mr. Huyjtaworth said It was fitting that before laying to rest such a man that a few words of eulogy should be spoken. He said Mr. Mclletf was a pillar In the church. a successful planter, a genial friend!. That Wedge field would never be the same with? out Peter Mellett. This language so feelingly expressed by his pastor, found a responsive echo In the hearts of that large concourse gathered around his bier. As the loving hands of women placed over his grave the most beautiful floral tributes they bathed the flowers In their tears?a sweeter Incense than even tho breath of these pure llowrs fashioned by the Ofeat God Hlnwlf. A small body guard of Confederate veterans followed their old comrade to his grave. As the choir sang "Abide With Me." a large number of the col? ored people who had obeyed his man? ly voice for so many years filled In the sod of his open grave. This was an affecting nnd beautiful sight. He was a Just man and has left a ?k iraSjtet "above the price of value." Th?* constantant voice of that gather lug was: "Peter Mellett was a good man?peace to his ashes!" HEALTH OFFICER ELECTElV Hr. C. F. Williams, of Columbia, to Ism>W After State Sanitary Mattel's. Anderson. April 14.?Dr. C. F. Wil? liams of Columbia, was elected Stat ? health officer by the ex? eutlve com? mittee of the 8 t?te board of health, which met here today. The office was created by an Act of the recent Ocn eral Assembly and carries with it a salary el $2.500 a year. Dr. Williams has been necretary of the board of health for some time, but will resign I Immediately and a successor will be elected Thursday. ? HARRIS SAYS HOLD. IUGFS fUS FARMERS NOT TO SKLL COTTON NOW. Says Price is Hound to go to fifteen Cents if Farmers will Sit Stcuil\ in The Boat and Not Stil. t I President B, Harris of the State | Farmers' Union has issued the follow- , ing address to the farmers of the State: Why be alarmed? Cotton Is scarcer than It has been in 35 years and there are more people to wear clothes now than ever before. We hear the cry on all sides that the mills are going to curtail the out put of their mills 25 per cent and this is true. They will have to do It for there is not cotton enough to run on full time. Now, we will see If this is not a i fact. The 1907 crop is 4,500.000 bales | short of what the world needs for con? sumption, so curtailment is neeasnry whether or not the manufacturer wants to do so. If you haven't ten aaia of corn to feed your horse, at a feed you will have to curtail to eight oers at a feed. This Is the condition 6t the mills today. if it is a fact that cotton If scarcer than It has been in 05,years, it is aj 1 a Fact that good's will be scarce also. We know tnC manufacturer ha< con? tracts for his goods up to the ?ist of July. Also there at'* no goods of any consequence In the warehou < .?? In Now York but they have been told u;> qlJse, I know of* a. few mills that h 1 . stopped, but only for repairs and t? put In new machinery, which is es* santtel fo% their future succors. Now T know otir manufacturer! afte fine business men and I cannot blame them far closing their mills If they cannot rnako a profit. / That Is a business proposition and applies to the producer of the raw ma? terial, too. If you cannot get a profit for growing it, curtail your acreage 35 per cent and plant food crops. This will remedy the evil. Now to the holders of spot OOttonL First. I want you to remember there is a shortage of last year's crop 4, 600,000 bales. This in Itself means 25 per cent reduction In the output of manufactured goods. So hold your cotton for the minimum price. If holders of spot cotton will not sell any more for 30 or 60 days, there will soon be many mills running on short time. Hold your cotton for the minimum price, diversify crops. Plant some cotton land In peas, corn or forage crops and success Is yours. No need fear alarm. Sit steady In the boat and we will save this grand country of ours. * B. Harris, Pres. State Farmers Union. PIG BOND SALF, AT MANNING. Sixty Thousand Dollar?' Worth of 5 Per Cents Sold to Build New Court House. Manning. April 15.?Three sets of bonds aggregating one hundred thou? sand dollars were sold here today. The new court house commission sold $60,000 of 5 per cent bonds, to run 40 years, at $103.75 and accrued In? terest. The premium on this sale Will amount to $2.250. The board of county commissioners sold $10.000 of ? per cent. 10-year bonds at $108.80, making a jpremium "of $780. The trustees of the Manning school district sold $30,000 of 5 pe?* cent 20-ytur bonds at par. All the bonds we re pur? chased by N. W. Harris & Co., of New York. The sales are regarded as very good and creditable to Clarendon county. SENATOR MIST PAY $10.000. at ? Mr. Owen Got $750,000 Fee lor In dlan Claim. United States Senator Robert Ii. Owen? of Oklahoma, must pay the Washington law firm of Dudley & Miehener $10.000 for services render? ed by them In connection with the al? lowance of the $5.000.000 claim of the Cherokee Indians granted by the last Congress, according to a decision today by Justice Robb, of the District Court of Appeals. The decision says that Senator Owen received an attorney's fee of $750.000 uiyler the claim as allowed by con? gress. The decision reverses the Dis? trict Supreme Court, which found in Owen's favor. "The appellants." said Judge Roob. "have rendered Owen the m?rvlcea they agreed to render, and ha has reaped the beneflt." Tody?Jennie tells me young Wood by proposed to her last night. Viola? I don't think I know him. Is he well off? Tody--He certainly la She re fusevl hlA.?London Tit-lilts. Should the people of Mars estab? lish communication with this country. Charleston would be their entry port. ?Charleston News and Courier. The plan of the Republicans is to come out for tariff reform, go In on tariff reform and turn down tariff re? form.?Louisville Courier-Journal. SENSE OP HI-MOB SAVED IHM. I Yank Advlee tO Iiis Iii: Hoefl BO?ttrd the Fireman. "I've found out that if the man above you posseaaes .1 sense of humor It'g hard to lose out with him, no mat? ter how big a chance you take," said a railroad man. "Met a nan here In X.w York tiie other day who helped to exemplify this theory." "This man used to be a locomotive fireman on a Texas railroad, the hind? quarters for which was then in Dal? las. As a fireman he was just as big Mid bluffy and breezy as he is now "The president of this Texa* ?all r< ad was a man of extreme dignity end austerity. He was absolutely *air and just in. his treatment of men in the employ of the road, but he cer? tainly ay as the most whoopingly digni? fied human being you ever saw or heard of. He demanded every bit of the respect that was a-coming to him, and he came pretty close to getting it too All of the employees who came int ? direct contact with him stood In the most profound awe of his tcriitic dignity and tiptoed around like as if they were sorvlt >ra at some temple of Buddha. * "Weil, thi;; fireman person that I'm talking about didn't know much abdul that ?dignity stuff. He didn't know how to execute 1 right or a left oblique. kThe only way he knew to d<i things was to skate right smack to" the place where it waa to be done and do it now, natural like. May be at the time this thing happened he hadn't heard anything about the ?tu? pendo-ua dignity of the president ol the road, and then maybe again he'd heard about it and Ain't care a d?rft. < "Anyhow, one day hi^ engine* r sent Mm to dig up the superintendent of the mechanical department. The pas? senger train to which his engine was hitched had just come into the Dallas depot and the engineer wanted the mechanical super to take a peek at some defect in the engine. So he told his Are man to dig out into the station and find the super and fetch him if possible. < ' "The firemah, just finishing a long run, was pretty greasy and grimy In his dungarees, His face was smeared with oil and coal dust ami he shed a few ounces of clinging bituminous fuel with every step he took. Vile mooched all over the station and yard without gtttiflg hold of th< mechanical super and was about t< flag the job oif searching for him wher. he heiard that the man lie was looking for was closeted with the president iOf the road. "Well, thi? closeted stuff didn't scare the fireman any. He'd been sent by his Immediate superior to get hold of the super, and he didn't care if the super was closeted with the Ni? zam of Hyderabad, his Idea was to go get him and fetch him. "SO greasy and gritty dungareees and smudgj face and all, he clomped up the stairs to the door where 'presi? dent' was painted on the main door of the row on the galllery. "He didn't even rap on the djor and wait for 'come in.'^ He was too direct a n an for that sort of fiddling and beating about the bush. He grab? bed hokl of the doorknob imd pushed rljjht Into the president's solemn, pro? foundly dignified ottice. He forgot that he had his cap on too, when he found himself inside thev ottice. "The austere ly dignified president and the superintendent of the me? chanical department had their heads together at the president's desk, and when this grimly apparition thrust himself In without any knock or usk Ing by your leave, the-y both looked up at him with the most intense as? tonishment. The super found himself first recognizin-g the fireman4?-and grinned. "But the dignified president didn't grin, not by a blamed sight. He turn ed red with outraged dignity and things. " 'We ll?' he said to the big fireman, still Standing there with his greasy cap on one ear in a voice of choked wrath. " Tm here to snag the super.' ex? plained the fireman offhand, iUft like that. 'Jim'?me aning his enginee r 'wants to have' him look at what a crazy pile o' junk No. 777 has got to be. Jim's vellin' to have er overhaul? ed. Wants to sec the super right BWftyt' and having delivered his mes rgo*.the fireman turned and started make his ?eUiv, ay. " 'Just a mcmentt rry man.' pul Mi oresident right there in his awful voice?'a moment, if you please. How long have you been in the employ \t ? i'.lii 1 end ?' "'Couple years, replied, th?! fit** man, wheeling about and looltldg at tie) president blandly and :?ti'l wearing Vis e.ip vakUly pulled over ha left e ir th? peak turned to th j rear. I "'A couple of years, eh?' the presi? dent repeated .after him aternly. 'How I long have you been railroading?' " 'Since I was a kid,' replied the fireman, looking very bored. " 'Very well,' said the president, se pulchrally. 'And has nobody ever told you the proper way to enter a gentleman's office ' "The big fireman scratched his bead with a greasy hand back ol bis rear 0 10 iWDRIFJ HOGhESS IxARD wm?p By every test the very best! Why? Because it's refined by our own exclusive Wesson process, ensuring the whole someness of Nature with the purity of science, ? the satisfactory combination oi* Nature and art in manufacture. No ?ther cooking-fat is anywhere near so good, because none other can contain the best of Nature purified by the Wesson process. All other cooking-fats must be inferior. I HI THE SOVTHERN ? COTTON OIL- CO. NEVYDRK'SAVANNM-ATLANTANHJOBIJANSCHICAGO^ limed cap peak but said nothing, lie his mouth wide t?p< >; ; fl Y.\* .v Vped it out that his job was just a^ hanging. Then he turned 10 the t'j focd gone right tli -n. and he !?*? perintendent of the mechaafccaJ der u:e'2/tKat there "wouldn't he nr.: use pan men t ar^ taught that person a.-ting any unnecessary talk. So be blowing his nose with great rlol< * am (*pt st?!l. and in ? very suspicious sr. t of way^ ''.'Because/ went on the president, \ si<-w grin bevrnVo spread it ?)f pv r 'you arc obviously in need Of ?ontS the president's usually stern features, tuition as to the proper way to enttr Then the president took off his glasses your superior's office.' and wiped them with hi* handker "Tll** firem; 1 POllMn'l think of any* chief, and suddenly broke into a rip thing to say, and m> leaned on the roaring laugh?the rarest imaginable other h g and >ort b* gsubed out of A tiling for him. window. j Is that mart a good fireinaji?' ho " 'Now,' went on the president of inquired of the mechanical super, th- reul. 'I a n going to the tptfbU ?? Hest fireman we've got on the to teach you, since you manifestly line,' replied the super, don't know, how to enter the olllce of M 'Well, how arc we off for engl your ^upvtior, are" how to address http neers?' asked the president. 'D'ye :ift*r you have entered, and I tru^t think you could give an engine to that you will prollt by the lesson, that fellow?' j Just you ?it In this chair of mine and j ? *i can give him a freight engine I will go outside and for the m.ome .t tomorrow.' j you may act the part of my superior I 'Give it to him then,' said the officer.' "The president, who had a club foot, got up from his desk chair and the fireman, a grin flickering ground the coiners of his mouth, plumped himself Into the president's chal?\ Th? president hobbled over to the door president, and then they went on with their business. "That fireman'Is now the superin? tendent of the Texae railroad's me? chanical department; but he didn't find out for many years how he ever managed to hang on to his fireman's ew and went out, While the fireman lean- ; job, much less get promoted."?N< ed back in the aaabv pushed his cap | York Sun. a little more forward on his head cid watte* t. "Presently there was a refined Utile knock at the door. " 'Tell him to come in.' suggested the superintendent of the mechanical department, who was leaning back in his chair enjoying the thing. M 'Come'in!' sang out the fireman. "The president entered. He had got his hat from the closet across the hall and ho removed the hat with ? flourish the instant he entered the of? fice. Then he stood still at the door. " Is this sir, the office of the presi? dent?' he inquired in an impre>-'. ply respectful tone. "The meehan|pal ?uper gave the fireman a furtive kick on the leg and the fireman replied, *Yes.' "' Xow,' said the president, ad? vancing a.nd addressing the fireman, 'the rest of it would consist of your asking me what you could do for me, and I. standing at a respectful dis? tance, would explain the nature of my errand and then depart with circum? spection. I have shown you the prop? er way to do It. Now, I want you to do It yourself. Jus' step out of the office, re-enter and show me that you have profited by the lesson l have given you.' "The big fireman fell positive that he was already as good as out of a job , asjd he couldn't see any nutri? ment in the kind of performance he was asked to go through?hut he went through It all right. He g>t up FOLEY'S H0NEY?TAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, t.iroat and lung troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic. Good for everybody. ?>old everywhere The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is in a Yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Prepared only by Foley Sl Company, Chicago. SIEBERTS DRU8 STORE. HO LUSTIER 3 Rocky ilouBtabi Tsa ^gcts a Busy M^T.clne for 3arj .'j'^io. Brings C. ides Health and gessvM V'gc*. A sw-iflc for Coastipsnon, |*dlfw?iea. l*\m) ?nd Kidr..\v Troubles. Pimple.?. ESezem ?, impure 131 od, Bad Brest Ik hl.tmr/sa luv.'i-. H**4eeas lad backache. It'sK wiry Itotrai? ?? X*? m tab* let torn*, 8.1 e?nts a Imot. (JttuuinH ?;;ulo by It'ou.isTKH Dare Company, Ktftpce, H >a NUfl jETa FQRStUf* people Improved Cotton Seed. Has your Cotton Seed run ontr Are they nearly ati blsck seed? Do you want seed that will add 10 to 2D per. cent to your yield another year? Then write for circulars of Phillips, Improved seed. from the president's chair, clomped j J. L. PHILLIPS, Orangeborg, S. C. out, and presently knocked loudly on | l'S*8m__ the door. ? " 'Hinter,' sang out the president. j "The fireman softly opened the ' door, removing his greasy cap as soon j as he crossed the threshold, and then he just as softly closed the door. Then i he tiptoed, burlesque fashion, part of J the way over toward the president's desk. I " 'Ah, that Is something like it.' j commented the president. 'Now. my I man. what can 1 do for/ you?' " 'You can take a running Jump for yourself and go too blazes, you club- I I footed son of a cayuse!' broke out the fireman, mad clean through over the | piftlingness of the performance, and then, clapping his cap on his head, he clomped out, slamming the presi? dent's door after him. "The president of the road loooked in the direction whence the fireman had gone for a long, long time, with DR. JOHN H. MORSE. VETERINARY Sl'RGEOX. OFFICE?111 1-2 W. Liberty Street. Office 'Fhone 471. RESIDENCE?214 N. Main Street. Residence 'Fhone 78. 9-25-9m CASTOR IA For Infant? and Children. The Kind Yon Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of ISTOTICE. All persons are hereby san?! against trespassing on my lands, el* ther walking or rid'ng. 4-8-3t A. J. GOODMAN'.