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I GOOD ROADS NOTES. | ^^c:^>:s?ox>K^G(csc* !?iejcjojeK^cxGicecr:>ox^^l The Problem Sol veil. 'Wo warn Rood roads," tho cyclist cried. Suitl tho farmer, "Mo do wc: With you of tho whool and saddle rDo wc ruralites agree. Now, what shall wo do to get thorn? Horo'a a plan that's simple, quite? Wc meu of four wliools, you of two, Each one claims an equal right , j To half tho tracts; that is lovol. * ? And each ought to have his share? kf A road-hod should be wide enough * Eor us both, with room to spare; It should be both hard aud solid , ' With a gently rounded top; In short, it should be perfect. And we ll build it so?but stop! Much line highways cost money? You arc usUiug half tho road? Wliou it comes to paying tor them, 1 Will you carry half the load? aiu'io ? :i KrutYiuK army or von. Koine say liulf'n million strong, Will you oaeli chip in a dollar, l'or to help Clooil Hon<ls along? If you will, and <lo it yearly. We'll have solved ilio problem quite. Ev'ry time you pay your 'mighty' We will also pay our mite. Which we'll pay instead of working. As our habit is to do. And when your side is finished up. You'll find ours finished too." ?Will Tejnnlor, in Amcrieuu Agriculturist. ttrtimiiiieudnii in I! It ode Island. Governor Dyer, of llhode Isluml, is n thorough believer in good roads, and has done ntueli to aid the good work for them in his State, lie comes out in favor of a Highway Commission and continuous work, in his message to the legislature, as follows: "The question of improved highways has ceased to be one that can he -disrogitrded. Every educational and materialanterost of the State requires it. HettfVr rural schools, increased value of fai'fy products, inerensod value of property, possible rural postal delivery. elieapcrHrunsportation?all enter as important factors into this question. in short, the'welfare of our people demands that good roadssbould bo made and maintained throughout the State. The presence here of Mr. K. G. Ila/rison, Government, lload Engineer, and his work of road-lmi!ding at tlic Uhodo island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, has been most helpful to tlic cause. During il.4*. . 1 I 1 - i ? * IUC I.ill JUKI cany willil'l- i;ii)ll\lis moi'lings to consider the subject have iiccii hel l in e. great i?i:niy of the towns and the greatest interest has hoen manifested '"I'm! v the proviso 11s of Chapter 7d of tlie (ieneral haws, three sample half-miles of macadamized road have been completed during lit past year, making a total of twelve, which have been built at a cost of i?S;>, lot.Oil, and applications for seven more have been made to the Highway Commissioner. The agitation of the subject of good roads hc.s brought out the fact that the present law for the improvement of highways i< defective and expensive. The State w ishes no more sample half-miles. h cannot all'ord to appropriate any more money simply for ' object -lessons. "I uder a commission proceeding upon carefully considered lines, the work o improving the principal high- j ways < f the State should be me.de con- ! tiiiMon . It soeios to be the feeling ( throughout the St at e that, i 11 the im- j proveni-eg of these pri icipal high ! ways, ti..- State should a> mine threequarter*-. an I th-'tov, ns through wliiidi the hivl.a. y- run one-quarter, of the cxpens*1. |>y making the work upon the high way > ? it i: mi oils t he State will be i n a position to M'eure nore favorable bids. 1 and fi (>l:j Irt.gc eontraetor*-, well equipp I v.it'-i tli lutot road machin- j cry an I apjilian s. hi the general i ini])io\em nt of our higinvsiys the j rongii labor, the manual work, should I>0 given to our own fiti/.fir. ami :i! ] fair an I honest wage " j Kami Mail l??-liwr\ iinil liimil lioitiK. j There is prospect that Cue National Government may get behind tin* good j roads movement in a peculiarly effective way. If the pace of free mail <le- i livery to the fanners is to ho the eon- i at ruction ami lnninienunce of mac- I adami/eil country highways it is he- j lieveil that the thrifty agriculturists , will not hesitate to pay it. The indifference of Congress to ap- | peals tor interstate highways and tlie disinclination of farmers to construct Voads "for the henetit of the city vheelmer." have operated as serious undieaps to the good roads moveout in this country. In spite of i tobstacles. Iu?wever. substantial plgi-ess has heen made in r.uid hnihl n,in tsiates where the farmers have "Mo-ned to the fact that while: month highway. may add to the pleasures of winding the greatest henetit is reaped I'.v igneaiilni ist s in heing brought t'losg to proiitahle markets. Ihn the strongest stimulus to road hni1.1ng [s yd, to come. If 1 in* oxperiinpjf ; in free rural mail delivery inaiigifuted by tie* postal depart meni 'O'e a Miccess, they wiil csrnhlish a ?nis:s of co-operation and reciprocity 1 hot wren the Government and the homers that will lead to a gcneriil l luovoment in the building of inter- j < urlnm highways all over the country. ' i v\ith the view of testing the olli- I ' oioiiey of dilVerenl slyh i of roadbed < I'o t master General Gary has,author- j jfit'd the opening of routes for free I /. I .: I II .1 f I til ill in.:: i ucnvery Ilirollgll port UMIS j New Jersey and Pennsylvania, I Avliieli embrace macadami/a d. {'ravel, i eliiy and eommui dirt roads. 'I' 1 it* i routes are intended to lie experimeii- i till, and will show relatively upon 1 what character of roads the best re- i suits (an he obtained in Jthe way of I prompt and efficient service. t There is little doulit t^:r free mail j dolivery is just as prai ticublo in many I of our more thickly populated rural \ communities as it is in Ihiglund. The ! ( colliinuauee of the service, if success- j t fill, should he dependent upon the t proper maintenance of the roads. If I the farmer wants hi", mail delivered at \ his d? or he must contribute his share j I to tin building of passable highways. I ?Chicago Time; Herald. , I Domy Follow* S?Rl?ct. A Columbus (Oliio) engineer states that his city has spent $5,000,000 on improving 114 miles of streots, but that they lmvo beon allowed to get into such shape that an expenditure of $250,000 for repairs would hardly put them in decent condition. Unless the roads aro constantly watched and repaired, just as regularly and carefully as tho great railway compauies watch their road-beds, they will deteriorate very rapidly and practically have to be rebuilt every few years. Thjfre is no use in building expensive [roads, and leaving them to go to ruin from neglect. In a recent address, E. H. Thayer stated on this subject that "a man with one horse and cart, working eight mouths of tho year, can keep seventy miles of good road in constant. effective and complete repair at iliu UUt^Ult* t'.\|K!U^ UI Wil 11*11 IS $5 per mile, while the cost of oven attempting to make passable the ordinary country road exceeds $M5 per mile. . . A dirt, cart is loaded with crushed rock or gravel. With a hoe, a shovel and a rammer, the repairer, as frequently as the task is assigned him will permit, starts out on the road. Every washout he repairs, every rut lie lills up. loose stones he throws out, rough plaees ho levels, obstructions in water courses ho removes, and his tireless efforts day af! ter day result in keeping the good road in good repair and making happy every man and woman who drives over the highway." It is only by following the example set by railway companies in the care of their road-beds, and acting upon such suggestions as those above given, that the highways can he efficiently maintained and properly preserved. *V?'liy Hron?l-Tlre?l Wheel* Pay. A wagon going up lull requires more force to draw it than when it is moved on a level. When a wheel sinks in soft soil there is an elevation of the ground in front of it equal to the depih of the sinking. When a narrow wheel sinks three or four , liie'ies in the ground the elVoet is pro- I eisely the siimc as it' the wagon was I going up the stuuo incline when tlio broad wheel is used, but it' it does not sink in the ground this obstacle does not exist. The surface of tin; wheel does not interfere in the lofts' with the draft of a wagon even on solid, hard ground, and it must be evident that the broad wheel will not cut into a road a< a narrow one will, and thus on soft roads must be easier draft. I?y the u-..? of a broad-tired wagon when a new road is being laid out, it. will soon be rolled hard and solid, so that even a narrow-tired wagon will not out in. but attempt to make a road during the average harvest, winter or spring season with narrow-tired wagons and the job will usually prove a failure.?Hoy Stone. It:u1 Itoaitfi :t ('?:itiniinii!> Tax. Favorable results are reported from all mi; .male- mat Have systematically I taken uj> t!u> wor!; of rond improvemeat. The rnbj-.vt i> one iliat will mailt! its way ii* earnestly considered. Nti niu1 cmi say e.aetly what a fjmttl road it worth, but all who wso roads know that a ha 1 one is a heavy eontiunoiis tax. St. Louis < tlobe- Doiuoera!. million" l.ir l?n:i?l". Senator lloar recently introduced hy request in the Initial Slates Senate a hill appropriating : "10.01)0,000 to he expended hy th Secretary of War in construct ing military and post roads, the purpose being to relieve the exigency of the times hy giving employment to labor. .lilim:it ?r Woiiiro. Naturally there are no ligtircs more perfeet than tliose of the Japanese young women. The ehildren, lip to th 5 age of fourteen, or as long as they have the free use of their linihs, are models of symmetry. About that time they hegin to fasten long garments </hout their hips, the elt'ect of whieh is to impede their gait and give them an awkward shuttle. In eonr..e of time it does worse, and interrupts t he development of the legs and thighs. Among the laboring elass an additional misshaping is accomplished hy the praetiee of carrying hardens from an early age upon the Intel;, for t he support of whieh broad straps are passed over the shoulders and crossed in front, pressing directly upon the breasts. When a Japanese girl r< aches the age of sixteen w ithout having undergone either of the processes of deformity, she is a womtcr to the eye. and remains so until twenty live,'or possibly a little later; then she ceases to charm for a certain period in any way, excepting by her manner, and that is generally preserved lo the lust. I> 111 as she grows old. she has a chance of becoming quite delightful again. Tin re is nothing nicer than a dignili"d and while-haired old Japanese lady. Slie is always, happy, for f ile is always much respected and cherished l?y her juniors, and at a certain age the natural high breeding of 1 he race appears in her to attain its . rystalli/.ation. -The Ledger. Tlic Ureal Towns of I'.urope. While the population of Furope, estiiu.tteil at 177,000,000 in the hegiu11 i 11 it of the century, rout' to J10,000,000 ill I still. ;too.000.000 m I.STO, ami is now nearly 070,000,000, there has heeii a st:ll more reinurkahle increase in tlie number of towns with over 100,100 inhabitants. There were only twonly*ono of these in ISO! (with 1, (00,000 inhabitants), U in IS,70, 70 in 1070 (with 'JO,000,000 inhabitants), mil IJI in 180(5 (with about .'17,000,)t)0 iiiliabitants). In 1801 Franco bail liree towns with over 101),000 inliabiants, while l-'nglund and Germany uid two eneli, but in 1870 the figures vcre: Fngluud, 18; (lerinany, 10; and [ 'ranee, 0; while in 180(5 they stood 'upland, 00;Germany, JS, and France, 0. PENSIONS? PAID OUT. The Pensioners Can Call on Their Clerks of Court. ? rur lAimntA/o Mnor MiinjirnAiio inn vviuuiYo munc numcnuuo. L'ousldcrablo Increase In the Total Number in the 8tuic?-Tlils and Last Year's Figures Compared. The widows of veterans of the Confederate army seem to bo very much in svideuce this year in the distribution >f the State pension fund of 5*100,000. The State pension board has completed its annual work of distributing the pension fund of the State, reserving a mflicient amount to meet incidental accessary expenses ?nil a few cases dill being held up. The total amouut low being paid out as fast as the wnr-nntscnu be issued is$05,55o.80. Kuch pensioner in Class A will, under the 1 istill rKnintiii t ?(>< S'? n ?< 11 in ('limit 1$, SIS.1(1, uud in tht ilifl'ereut grades )f < Mass c', SlH. so. Last year Class i got S?-2 each, .'lass It, $*>1.80 each, itdClnssC, $10.35 iaeh. The total number of pensioners in :hc State is 0,011 ;his year against sis last year. Theprincipal increase in totals is in the passes devoted to .he widows of soldiers?CM aud C4. The following shows the divisions of the i-'ousious in the entire State. ( 'lass A 4(? (Mass It 358 (Mass CM 1IH (Mass C3 3,407 (Mass Oil 14 (Mass C4 2,578 Total (1,011 The following shows the total number of pensioners in the several comities of the State as compared to the totals for last \ear: 1808. 180T. A 1 tl ?OV ll I A * ?ll! I I ? * I I 1 - 1 Aikcu ITS lt'.T Auderson 4! is 4itt) Bamberg -11 ... Baruweli ItHi 1 'J.*? Beaufort T! II Berkeley 11 r? 10:5 t 'hurleston 104 01 Cherokee 174 140 Chester 70 ?5'4 ( hesterlicld 100 ISO. Clarendon 110 110 Colleton '47'4 000 DarlingtoU 104 100 I loveliest er u0 ... F.dgetiold 1'4'4 110 Fairlield 00 0a Florence 100 10a (Jeofiretown 01 '41 (ireenville 07a 0IN < Ireenwood '77 01 Hampton 170 17s Horrv la I 100 Kershaw 07 so l.nncusier '.MS '4U4 1.aureus x?l7 140 Doxiiigtou 117 U'4 Marion 140 110 .Marlboro 1 vl'.t OS Newberry 170 10.1 Oeouee 100 100 ?Irungchurg 110 10S Fickona ',"40 '410 Kichlaud 1S."? 170 Sulitda 1'4'4 0a Kp:u*B'?tbnrg lis Oils Sumter X:00 1S? Cniou 107 100 Williamsburg 10^ so York ',?0J *4 la Totals 0,011 a,sis "Immune" Doctors Named Surgeon (lenoral Sternberg, ol" the army, has appointed the following named persons, who are "immnnos" from yellow fever, for servico in tho arm}, and who will bo stationed at various places in the South aud may accompany the army when it umlertakes ttio occupation of Cuba: i>r. John (iuiteras, of I'hilaticlphin, and Drs. \Y. K. Barker and \Y. NY. Calhoun, of New Orleans, who will he statmucd at 'J'ampa; Dr. Barnard il. Baker, of Charleston, S. (!., who will be stat ioned at Key West, and Dr. Aristides Agrainonte, who is connected with tlie Health Association of New York city ami is a Cuban by birth. His assignment has not yot bctui determined upon, Further appointments to these positions, which pay $ 1 o() per month, will ho muile. The. Surgeon tSeneral is completing preparations for utilizing tlies convent at Key West, which was ilonatetl by tho Sisters, for ho- nitul purposes. Accoiuliualations will he made for ".'oil beds. Kct'iiseil to ( rant An Injunction. \n A thmtn l u<L'c refused to grant an injiinction to restrain the city from enforcing tlio ordinance requiring canvassers for orders in the city to pay S'J't liceiiso foe. Itotiei't C.. I.ee, .Ir., Orator. Mr. Hubert I bee, dr., of Fairfax county, \ a., a soil of < Jen. Win. H. I*'. Leo and grandson of (Jon. Hubert H. Lee, has accepted an invitation to bo the anniversary orator of the Abbeville IS. ('. ) County Confederate Survivors' Association. Mr. Lee is said to be an cloijuent speaker. ? - ? ? \\ a-- a Mistake. I'ho item published in our iskuo last week stilting that St. David's Kpiseopnl church, ( heraw, an autc-Kcvolutionury building, would bo moved from its present sde to a site nearer the center of the town is a mistake. -? ?PertIncut Pointers. A Chinaman eats twice as much meat as a Japanese. . liootblacks are seldom seon on the streets ot Itcrliu. in the wlioloof (Jroeco tliero aroouly Ifiti newspapers. A kaflir's religion consists mostly in singing and dancing. In indin tliero ia a ilv which attacks and devours largo spiders. It is?stimateii that at least 1,000.0(10 pounds of ruhirer is annually used in the manufacture of bicycle tiros. CONDITION OP CROPS. < What the Fourth Wt'pkly Hnllotlu j Suys Young Crops Are DoIiikThe follQwiug is the weekly bulletiu if the couilitiou of the weather ami I jrops of the State as issued from tho I'mted States weather bureau at ColJihbiabyJ. W. iiuuer, section diree:or: I The week opened with seasonable warmth, but by tho middle of the week the temperature fell to almost rj freezing over the t;eatral eouutios. Ice was, indeed, reported, from various points ami as far Southward as Hampton and Barnwell counties, with,beovy white frost on the morning <Vpril 2Sth over tho Stnto generally, tud ing ine vicinity 01 i uanosiou. \r mat t morning the temperature was as t?W, t or lower, than the previous records of the weather bureau, extondiug over a 11 period of 11 years, show for the third t decade of April. t The cold weather did uot last long aud tho week ended witu temperatures considerably above the uormal. The average of 48 places reporting 1 meau temperature was .r?b for tho week. ] whilo the uorinul for tho same period , is approximately lib. Tho temperature ^ ranged between n uiiuimuui of 114 on j Iho '28th at Suutuc and Little Mountain ? and a maximum of t>0 on May 1st at ( iiatesburg. The cold, heavy rain of April '20, j 27th was general over the State, and in 8 placos uccoinpanicd by high winds, s sleet and hail. In the southeastern portions of tho State the rain was need- ,1 ed, auil in the vicinity of Charleston t more would prove beneficial, but gen { srally this rain fell on an already satu- N ruted soil, causing minor ereoks and H brunches to overflow, aud in Edgefield t county damaging lands washing them. g Considering the area and topogruphical diversity of the State, the raiufall was , remarkable for its eveu distribution, j Four plaees only, out of 47, roportod , amounts of less than one inch; 1'2 of r from one to two inches. Hi of from '2 to -j 5 inches, uud 1*2 with 13 inehes or more. The following excessive measurements ~ wore reported: Mont Clare4.00, Oak- j land '2"?; Alcolu /i.M), Sliiloh fi.tifi , inches. The average for tho State was r 2. :f7 aud the normal for the same per- t, iod approximately 0.7d. I The sunshine averaged 14 per cent. . of the possible. Tho prevailing winds wore from noathwest to northeast, c generally colli, and at times luirli ? uucl were an important factor in mak- ^ ing tho weather unfavorable to crops. All correspondents, without except | tion, characterize tho past week as jhaving been unfavorable on tho growth of crops, by reason of too u much rain or too low temperatures, or (, both, as the bad ctlects of high winds j in places. ? Little progress was made in planting j corn, and germination of recently j planted corn is slow. It is coming up ^ to irregular stands, although some sec v tions report fair stands. Much re j planting is necessary and worms are damaging corn badly in places. The cool weather caused it to look yellow and checked its growth. Larly corn is , receiving its second cultivation. Some bottom lauds have been planted, but the recent rains made them too wet, and stopped plnntiug operations on them. Tho recent fjost did not kill any corn. \Vet mi<1 cold weather have had a bad I .1. LiMi lml-.. l.nu stopped growing. Some cotton wan s killed by tbo frost, although sueh dnm- |< aye was conliued to limited areas, but the frost ell'eetually checKcd its growth | everywhere and gave it a setback. Seed j recently planted are slow in coming up H and much replanting necessary. Some c field* where tiiu cotton failed to come j uj> or was killed by frost are being planted in corn. Little progiess was made m planting, and over the western j and northwestern counties much land \ already prepared, remains to bo planted t to cotton. ( Transplanting of tobacco is nearly t finished in the more Southerly districts f and is well under way in .Marion and j Marlboro counties. The ground is in r, good condition in regard to moisture, j but too cool for the young plants. In- \ jury from cut worms is also reported. .Melons were killed by the frost ol the J^th1, in places, and badly set back everywhere. The reports indicate a very poor stand of melons and point tc i a late crop. I The fruit outlook is 011 the whole 1 very promising, a few localities only 1 report total destruction by the frost of c early April, while a few scattered re- t ports indicate that peaches and plums I are dropping badly. The frost of the o week did no injury to fruit. First crop t of tigs evidently destroyed. lloavy t shipments of strawberries from Flor- a mice. Marion, Darlington, and Marl- t boro counties were made this week. s (tats continue to look promising, ex- a eept in dotlVios Creek section, where v they are a failure. Wheat is heading <j and grow ing nicely, although some i what yellowed by the cool weather, i I 'natures have improved rapidly, liar- I ileus are Inter than usual, but are yielding early vegetables enough to supply local demands over the w hole State. Farm work is well up to the require- s luents of the various crops ( Alaska has its public schools. Hut , Instead of large, finely equipped school f buildings, which accommodate several a hundred grade scholars, the school ' children there study their lessons in * rough frame houses. The missionary, who is often the teacher, also lives in part of it. 'I here is only one room in c the school, and. except in Sitka, the j capital, there is only one grade, the t) primary. for the ICskimo children are I just beginning to understand our language. The liehavior of the st hoi- ' ars during school hours is absolutely correct. They rarely have to he reproved. They are obedient to their r parents as well as to their teachers, t The ICskimo hoys and gil ls never want n to play "hookey." In fact, they are It very much disappointed if anything prevents their attending school. They like to work, and they are naturally industrious. They prefer writing and li drawing to anything else. They have v a natural taste for both. Many of their r drawings are excellent, and far better than those executed by the average y American child of the same age. They 8 draw the objects that tire near at hand. 11 Their sledges, dogs and the queer lit- ^ tie huts they live in. They are. as j well, fond of mechanical pursuits, and they invent tools to tire in their work rj or play. UIIWOIEMW Mo Effort is Being Spared to Make the Men f HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE. I ho First Thing the Volunteers llutl lo I)o Was to tie Vaccinated As It Id an Army Herniation. There are now iu camp at Columbia >ver 1,801) voluuteor soldier boys, uulor tho recent call of tho l'resideut, ind things aro beginning to look dolecidedly like war. The tii-.it thim? be voluuteerB bail 10 do was to bo vacillated?it is an army regulation, and bero is no dodging tlie "point." Jt tas been iutiuated tbut vaccination will ikoly iutcrfero with tbo drilling and iso of a sun. It is said thut for a long iuio tbo men will bo given inarching novemeut and "settiug up" exercises, md tbut their arms will bo well by tbo imo there is any occasion to use a gun. Tbo mustering ollicer, Capt. Fuller, 'J. S. A., gotliis medical board, conistiug of Assistant Surgeon Lewis, 1'. A., aud Assistant llagiiueutal Surgeons Lawson aud Young, together, md started the work of examining tbo nun in ranks ou tbo 5th, preparatory o mustering them into the l*. S. serice. This work, takiug iuto eouideration tbo recruiting that will be locossary, will more than likely coummo about one week. C'npt. Fuller will probably bo in Colimbia for two weeks at least. He ex>laiuod bow tbo men will be mustered 11. After all the 111011 in aeomi.mn- mc cady, thoy will bo called up in line, rheu the mustering ollicor makes n reueral inspection. The com pauy tliou threes upon its organization, delecting ts otlicers. This done the oath :s adninistered, each man liohliug up his ight hand. Then the men have to 01110 in one by one and sign their names o the muster roll of tho company. The oil will be quite au elaboiate one. It s made in triplicate, one going to tho aptain, another to tho War Depart nent and tho third to tho adjutuut of ho regiment. Abflolutoly no effort or expense is teiug spared in muking tho men comortable and happy. A considerable number of voluuteers .re being turuod down and rejected beause of physical disabilities. This is ho principal featuroof thedailv events ,t tho camp now, and will continue to >e until the work lias becu completed, daily of tho enthusiastic young men ixprossed the deepest regret wlieu thoy rero informed by tho authorities of heir rejection. ? ? Stokes Shows Up a Uogus Sorlcly. In answer to complaint from his listrict of au alleged begu, oiganiznicjii which iii-Hi-Hi'itwr r. uvwvilif, * 111 lis ipon the farmers Congressman Stokes ius issued the following stuteiucnt, rkich he asks be given publicity hrough the South Caroliuu press: "A e\v days ago I got information of an fl'ort in my district to collect momtership fees in an alleged farmers' ecret organization company, witL teadipiarters at Columbia. S. C. 'l'liis oinpanv. it ir? alleged, was originated >y tlie Cotton Convention, representor the entire cotton belt. In couideraton of the fee, and the promise m the part of the farmer to cut down lis cotton aereuso, tlio coinpuu.v ;uarantees ten cents for cotton 111 fa'.i'.i aid indemnity to tlio farmor. I have undo an investigation, and want to say 0 the farmers that no such orgnnizu1011 has been authorized by the Cotton 1 rowers Convention. Any claim of hat sort is an imposition on the urmcrs, without the possibility of lenelit. As similar etVorts may be roiug on in other districts and States. deem it my duty to oppose it through he public press. .1. M. Storks. " W ashington, l>. C., May -I, lN'.is. ? -? *- . - I Henry Trescott l>eud. 'i'lie Hon. Wm. Henry Trescott, for uanv years connected with the State department in Washington, and a ending American diplomatist, died at 'endletou, S. ('., on the 4th. At the iponing of the war ho was acting Secreary of Stateof tlio I'nited Statos, under rumueui. micuuuuu. no rosijrued and aiue South during the war, but sinoo ho war charged with numerous imporant missions for the government, imoug them being that of pleuipoteniary to Clntia to revise treaties of tnso; poeiul envoy to belligerents in l'oru nid Ciiiii, in issi, and plouipotonliary villi (Seneral (irant to Mexico, in An;nst, ins-,', lie wrote a number of ookson Anieriean foreign policy which ire considered the staudnrd. lie was torn in is-.".'. l-'ariners* InslitiKcs to lie Hold. Arrangements liave boon made to end out livo parties of teachers from loiusou Collcgo simultaneously to o ld farmers institutes during the sumnor. A number of places are booked or meetings and if any community not ilready provided for wants a nieetimr 'resident Hart/.og will be glad to hear rem them. Cotton .Hill Chartered. The Secretary of State lias granted a barter to the Victoria cotton mill of Jock Hill. The capital stock isrfiA,00. The directors chosen aro J110. It. jondoti, \Y. b. Itoddev, II. T. l ewoll, 1. Krcidheun, (). I', it 11IV and A. K. unit h. ? Smallpox Situation Improved. Tbo Columbia State fays tho sinalliox .siluation in that city is considered o bo much improved; that' vaccination ontiuues, and that a nuniborof patients avo been discharged. 4*?Palmetto Leaves. Thos. I'.. Miller, president of the colego ut Orangeburg, says that ho is tilling to organize and lead a negro egiinent hitnself. Over v*(H> of tho Clcmson College onng men desired to voluuteer thoir ervices for war, hut I'residout Hartzog inds them inelligiblo. Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotto, i. ('., has resigned ns president of the ''airfield Cotton Mill, at Winnsboro. Jr. T. W. l.amlerdalo succeeds Mr ['oiupkius. HELD WW mil Governor Ellerbe Has Relieved the | Suspense. THE SELECTIONS ARE GOOD | Anil Meet Willi (iPiicrnl Approval. Full IJuotu of Stales Share of the Call for Troops Keecivctl. __ (lovernor Ellerbo on the ltd ended nil speculation as to who would ho the i regimental and lield officers from this 1 State in tho I'nitod States volunteer i army, by making the following ap- ( pouitmouts: 1 Regimental Colonel?Joseph K. Al- i stou, Columbia, at presont major l'al- < motto regimeut, State militia. i Lieuteuaut Colonel James II. Till- 1 iuuu, Kdgetiold, at present lieutenant t colonel of the First regiment, Stute 1 militia. Senior Major Marcus B. Stokes, I Hampton, at present second lieutenant, I U. S. A. , Junior Major John II. Karle, (ireeu- i ville, at present lieutenant colonel s Fifth regiment, State militia. . Adjutant John 1>. Frost, Columbia, ] formerly captain, State militia. ] Quartermaster J. F. Jaruegau, Marion, until recently United States con- i sul to Honduras. < Surgeon A. S. Hydriek, (Grange- , burg. , Assistant Surgeons?.T. 1'. ^ ouug, ] Clicstef, aud J. M. Law son, Union. Sergeant-Major ? b. M. llaseldeu, ( Marion, at present student South Carolina College. Chaplain?Rev. <1. \V. Hussev, l'arkville, Baptist pastor. Battalion?Major Henry'J'. Thompson, Burlington, at present captain of tlm l)iirlin<rtm< Uoveruor Klierbe lias received tho ( full quota of tho JStato's share of tlio call lor troops and more. The follow- 1 injr aro tho companies'- Tho Kdisto 1 Killes, of Orangeburg; Hamburg! luards, 1 F.dgotield Killes, Kichlaud Volunteers, , (ioveruor's (luards, of Columbia, and Catawba ltilles, of Kock Hill; Darlington (Inurds,,Manning (luardsand Sumter Liirht Infantry; Kutler (1 nurds, of (Ireenville; Anderson Volnntoers, Nowberry Killes. Johnston Killes, of Union; Abbeville Killes and a heavy battery of artillery from Charleston. It is tho intention to order tho various cam panics to Columbia by threes or gradually until they ull arrive. This course became necessary on account of tho lack of tents. There will not ho enough of them available as it has been found that oniy 1(50 can bo obtained. This is all owned by tho State and tho nutioual government has none it can spuro just now. i In accordance with army regulations as soon as tmi soldiers are mustered in they will ho given baths. This wilt bo quite enjoyable in tho hot weather. Hut what will not he so acceptable will bo the vaccination which must go along ] with tho hath. Tho Columbia State had this to say of tho soldier bo\'s' march from tho train to tho camp at Hyatt's 1'ark, on last Tuesday, theJd: "When you see coumryiiiau ircsn 1101:1 ijetwoon tlie plough handles, costless, wearing only a faded llanncl shirt upon his body, marching 111 ranks alongside the gallant young man from tho city, wlio has for tho time deserted his law oflice, each hearing a ritle, luarchiug side by side in ranks to answer to tho call of his country for volunteers to defend tho Hag of Ins nation, there is 110 longer room for doubt that old JSotith Carolina would come to the front as she has ever done when the sound to arms was made. Such was tiio picture presented on tho ( principal street of tho main thoroughfare of the capital city of tho I'almetto , State yesterday and tho picturo made men who saw it feel proud that they were South Carolinians. ? To Destroy Spain's Navy. Tho Brooklyn (X. Y.) Eagle has received a letter from Hudson Maxim, of Eondou, ling., containing a remarkable ofler to the I'nited States Government to furnish it at 11 cost of half million dollars, u ship which ho claims to ho capable of destroying the entire Spanish navy. Tho plan involves tho uso of aerial torpedoes, invented by Mr. Maxim. Tho inventor is a brother , of i!irnm Maxim the famous inventor of weapons of destruction, and I10 says . 0110 cruiser, built and equipped complete, with torpedo guns, would ho suf- ' iieient to destroy every Spanish war ship which it might encounter at sea. Tho cost of such a cruiser would he about .< ?(?>.(MM). Mr. Maxim holds that ' if his inventions are nut into practice armor will be rendered absolutely uso- j less. Koru Kreil Douglas Monument. Tho Department of Stato, ut Wash- ^ ington, has boon informed by Minister I'owoi), at i'ort an Prince, Haiti, that | 1 the Hation Republic )ms donated tho sum of $1,000 toward tho erection of a I 1 monument l?y tlio citizens of Rochester, ' N. V.. in that city, to tho memory of tho lato Frederick I tony lass, at one timo Minister Resident and Consul 1 (ioneral to Haiti. Spain's I".nil Fighters. 1 Spain's bull lighters inadonionoy last year. Mazzantini, in 00 lights, killed '](is bulls, and mado HUM,000 pesetas; lleverto's score was 7 1 lights, 100 bulls 1 and 270,000 pesetas, while (Suerrita, with 70tifchtsand 117 hulls slaughtered. 1 earned *150,000 peseta*, or $01,000. ' First to <?o I'p Ilie Spout. ' Tlio Ituena Venture is destined to prominent mention in history. She was * the first vessel to po throuph the Sue/, * Canal after it was opened for trnftie, ( and tho first one to po up the spout in 1 tlio Hispano Cubo-American war.? 1 Charleston fS. C.) News and Courier. 1 The Number of Distilleries. ' The number of distilleries in opera- ( tion in tho I'nited States in March was ' 502 of pram and nine of molasses, pro- J ducinp :1'.'1,214 pallons of prain spirits ,, "TKl 0, h>I of molusses spirits daily. ' IBKIfflifli Large Portion of the Volunteers Being Rejected. FIVE COMPANIES' RECORD. ???? \ Kino Opportunity is Now Presented for Those Who Wish to <?o to the Front in the Katiks. The Register of the 7th says it is not svory man that can enter the army of LIuclo Sam. Patriotism, willingness in even strong desire to serve the country aro not tho only requisites accessary to welcome a 6oldier. AJ sound mind in a sound body is a brief jpitomo of tho qualifications required. \ud the way in which the medical' aoard is turning down applicants fairly istoni8hos tho nntives of Houth Caroina. Tho boys thought that all they had to do was to come hero and tell the "oiks that they wanted to light, and' looncr than it takes to tell it, they would bo hustled oil'to Cuba, there to day Spaniards, sei/.o treasures and jaiu fame. All these visions fade, lowevor, when the recruits go before Rrs. Lewis, Mood and Law son. t\ canauiaic lor martial honors is ushered into the examining room where ho linds three able bodied, serious looking doctors in thoir shirt sleeves and the perspiration pouring rroin tlioui. The embryo general hands liis slip to tho clerk. Dr. Lawsou catches him by the arm niurches him to (he scales and ascertains his weight If the beam buluuces at the correct tigure, the applicant is then turned over to i)r. Lewis, who manages tho evo test The thoroughly embarrassed volunteer is then passed to Mr. Mood, who beats, tups ou tho bare skin of the uufortunute, punches him in different parts of * the body and then gives hint a rest The throe doctors then put their heads together and as a result of their cogitations tho pathway to fame is either laid open or irrevocably closed to the ambitious disciple of Mars. The examination is no child's play, as will bo show 11 by tho fact that nearly thirty per cent, of tho applicants are turned down, ami of .the live companies examined, not one lias retained suiliciout men to be mustered into service. In order to give sonio idea of the rigid manner in which the examinations are carried on, tho results thus far are given: / Tho Abbeville Volunteers arrived iu camit with 118 men. Tim ili^tnmnwoni. I ed 78 and rejected 2(5. / The Richland Volunteers presented I 82 men for examination. Of this unionut 58 were received and 8i%were rejected. The Ijee County Itilles presented 89 men. < )f this number 58 wore accepted and 8(1 rejected. 'The ('atawba Hides presented Sid men, Seventy-one Mere accepted and 25 wert rejected. j ~ Tho Newberry Utiles presented- 9| men. (>f this number 58 were acceptel and 48 rejected. The Under Guards, of ttreenvilU were being examined when the day busiuess euded. Tweuty-livo men ha been presented and nine were rejoctec The prevailing cause is delect ivo ey slight. A total of 4511 men have be< examined, and of tho number 801 ha* been accepted and 15N rejected. So much for aspiring genius. t'liiinco for .More Volunteers. Governor T.llerbe, who has been watching the work of examination very ' closely, makes tho announcement that anyone who desires to volunteer in the South Carolina regiment, thus making up tho full <piotu for each company, would write him immediately, and he would arrange for their transportation to Columbia and for their return to their homos in case of rejection. The United States government pays all the expenses of transportation in all such cases. This is tho opportunity that many have been waiting for. It is not anticipated that there will bo any trouble whatever in getting nil the men necessary to fill up the ranks of the several companies, w hich, as mustered in, lose their local names und become known as company "A," company "11," etc. The main camp is cullod Camp EllerI m in linmiii nf On T-Mi?i ..w, ... uvuu. ui ..viviuui r.iierui', XUO two branch camps have not yot been named, auil probably will not bo given titles unless it is found that the tents [ nnnot bo gotten for some time. There is very littlo complaining and the men are taking everything as it pomes in good humor. Home bad to put breakfast out of the basins in which they washed their faces, but they took it us n good joke, and said that luter they might get no breakfast at all. -- - ? Dller Their Services to <-ovcnmieiit. I'ive Clomsou graduates of the electrical department have reported to w ushington to secure positions as electriciaiiK on warships. President Hartf.og has received advicos from Washington stating tliat there aro more vacancies. If any CJfcnison graduates of I ho electrical cottTao desire positions they should go at once to Washington nud call on Senator Tillman for further* information. A graduate of the mechanical course at CleniHon will find no trouble in passing the examination. Mcl>onol<l Lieutenant Colonel. Lieut. .1. B. McDonald, recently instructor at tho South Carolinn Military Academy, has been appointed Lioutenint Colonel of a regiment iu Alabama, tiis nutive State. ? ?? [{ejected Continue. About One Third. The first week of camp lifo for South ''arolina troops ended with last Saturday. By afternoon every company if men that wr.s needed from tho State nilitia and citizenship of the State had oported 011 tho grounds ready to J obey >rders. The i'almetto Kifles, from \ikeu filled tho eutire quota, so fur as ho number of infantry companies aro oncornod. All of tho Hi infantry coin anies are now* here, and all who coma vill have to take places in some one of ho companies already "on the hill." L'lio proportion of rejected continue bout ono third.