University of South Carolina Libraries
The people of community to the invitation c school authori Converse Corai OPENED 16TH O F A FULLY E BUSINESS In the (haded School l?u hu.-im-< education to the this community who "wish a thiii':m' ii and complete i BOOK KE?PING,STE WRITING and RAI The work done in this scl same in every respect as school. Thoroughness what lias made Converst stand today at the head < colleges of the South. II holding our diplomas be that it means competency "... I'll ! .r:.|Vv i; ?.-> -i ! .mvl l>v nnv f . r-i ,-e : 1 ?! ?> I..Wc ? I it:.- fi.icu r. Ill / '. >: . J :-;: What Bright says regarding iug a most liberal opportunity to this art. Typewriting is taught hand, the two going hand in hail . . v \ ( i- " r x, 4 l v. . r% ' ' ? for iill 1 information coi and a!! information relate or :iddiv>?< either PROF. DAVIS JEFFRIE Supt. of City Graded PRO AT DEAD Of NIGHT STEAMERS COLLIDE I City of Venice bunk by tlie Seguin on Lake Lrie. THFtEE L-iVSS i-.i/.T'Or; . ED LOST.' While Feasscncjc 11 ar.cl It'ost of Ilia Crews v. ... a A si . op v'essuls Ccrvic . Together With Pea; fui Crash?Vc.r ; ice W:;l. Split In Twain. CI -v.'! Jul. < A- ">. .A. is result ! 91' a Co. (ill I , .( 11 i . I A ? 1 u J tjhe si .1 :City ?i ore la | leu. anil 1? S? niii, a .1 1 lumber ; Vessel, Oil ! .;.i. Canada, last mid- j oinui, tie- lo..:i" r v.-h 1 war, stink ami three iivof 1< *. while sr v< ral other persons were more or h .seriously Injured. L ist of the Casualties. The ilea l are; r< t< i Siiiicmi.-on, lirvniaii, Brooklyn Tlioinu I i.inigan, dock hand, Iluf. fill"). CleorK'' (i'.'ir, watchman, rcsidenco unUnow.. John Sullivan, Chicago, will iiroha/ l>ly (Ho. J. A. McDongall, (T.elKiygsn. Mich., chief engineer, City of Venice. Louis Ifulieekcr, Cheboygan, Mien. Cause of Collision Not Known The cause of tin- collision is not known. Tl i re was no tor' whatever and the 14 lit was lairly 1 lear. Tin; 1 lights of t>i City ol Venice were hum- i ing brightly. Tito pa; seuRers and < ri".v say they j eouid seo tho hslita on tho Vtoiice dj i she city and Know that at >f the Graded ties of Union I nercial School: ON THE j n m r W7 5 ^ hn QUIPPED COLLEGE ilding, thus bringing n very doors of those in to avail themselves of ?ourse in NOGRAPHY, TYPE=>ID ARITHMETIC. 100! will be exactly the that done in the home until graduation is ( 'ommercial College >1' the leading business business men seek those cause they have found in every instance. j ' - S / \x cw!c > t > V .. W ! fr in ;t .41*: Shorthand, and we arc oilerthose desiring a knowledge ol in eoiuieetion with the Shortd. 1 X,i i #^VW, ]' = '*~VSt: : r.. , icerning rates of tuition, re to the course call 011 S, Schools, or F. Wm. P. ETCH1SON. p'ue was sinking. The second mate 01 the Sequin, C. A. IiaVlgne, Who was on watch, refuses absolutely to give any information in regard to the way the aceidont happened. It was shortly after midnight when th accident occurred. The Venice was bound to liulfalo, while tho Sequin was going north to Perry sound front Ogdensburg. On board the Sequin aii were asleep save the second mate and the watchman, who was with him in the pilot house. The first mate of the Venire, Sullivan, was on watch aboard the boat that went down. Struck Fairly Amidships. The fir. t that was known that any* I thin** had happened was a ferritin i - I crash which brought both boats al- ! ino.-d to a standstill. The Sequin had i Kiruck tin- V. i.'ro fairly amidships and I plowed hi-r half through the boat, j The crew and passengers aboard both | boats h(-ard a teaming c>f timbers min- j gi- >1 with calls for help from those already on deck. All those who wore sleeping rushed out on deck and thOro was ;t frightful panic for a time. The Veni' - had been split in twain and was ; sinking rapidly. Captain Broderich, I ot ilie boat, ran on deck in bis sleep- j it;g robe's and immediately enlled to the men to n an the life boats. The members of the crew who had not been hurt rushed to his assistance, i and in five minutes they had the boat i in the water. ! Threw Themselves Overboard. Several of tin men, fearing the ship j would sink before they had an oppor- ! tunit.v to escape, threw themselves, overboard. They were later picked up by the lifeboats fiom the Bequin. i The City of Venice went down In very i deep water in less than 15 minutes af-| ?*.r collision occurred. After standing by for an hoiy the Soquln headed for Cleveland with the survi'i vora, arriving hero oarly today. 1 KING PREPARING TO I1 RETURN TO LONDON |f His Majesty Is Now Equal to i,, Fatigue of Journey. n i> riCTGRIA STATION DECORATED. \r ?1 \\J pis Majesty's Return to the CapMal ^ Will Be Marked by a Great Demonstration Enroute to Buckingham yj Palace. >< P London, Aug. 0.?All preparations ^ nave been completed for the return el ti King lidwarH to London tomorrow, h The Victoria station has been bril- ^ laintly decorated. " is expect- j, ed that his majesty's return to pi the capital will be . . ed by a grc.lt " demonstration er.rouu to Buckingham jt palace. p The trip to London will he made on a royal special train, hut there will bo j.' no invalid chair or other special ar- it rnngemcnt, as it is felt that his majes- >' (y Is Hilly equal to the fatigue of the journey. f< ii AOPTED 22 CHILDREN. J . fl Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow Take Chargo J of Whole Orphan Asylum, ? South llaven, Mich., Aug. r?.?Mr. ti and Mrs. John Shandrow, of South 11aveil, have adopted a whole orphan asy- ( lum, 22 children in all. o The 22 children are not all infants. ^ Somo of them are bright, rosy-chcclcoct ( youngsters, already old enough to go c to sc hool. ? Mr. and Mrs. Saiulrow have made ,. more than a competence on their lOCh j aero fruit farm, aiiu it has been tlj.elr life long regret that children have ncr- (] er been born to them. I To please his wife Shandrow wrote " to the Smith Foundling hospital in Minneapolis asking thohi to send him J several children for a summer's out- J ing. with the privilege of choosing , from them in case lie should want to adopt a boy. The Minneapolis insci- ' tution is a small one, and the manage- j ment promptly forwarded tho vlslblo ( supply of children ovor three years of age?no less than 22 boyq and girls. ' Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow are dovout Methodists, and an amusing sight was ' enacted when they discovered that ' part of tlio children had never becfn i baptized. Tho minister was promptly ' summoned, and eight of tlio llttlo ones christened at Once. They have Just decided to adopt all of them, of whom they arc excessively fond. GIRL'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Lost in Mountains of Switzerland for Two Nights. Zinul, Switzerland, Aug. 5.?Miss Whalley, an English girl staying at a hotel here had a terrible experience fn the mountains. Sho started alone Satarday to walk to St. Luc and missed her way. Sho did not return on Sunday morning, and a rescuing party was organized. She was found on Monday in the hills 400 yards above Ayr. Sho had broken her ankle, but had crawled a long distance in spite of the injury. Sho spent two cold nights in the mountains without food or shelter and suffered greatly, but thanks to a strong constitution, she is recovering rapidly. LIGHTNING BOLT DEALS DEATH. House at Harriman, Term., Struck During Electrical Storm. Chattanooga, Aug. 5.?A special to The News from Ilurrimnn, Tonu., sayH during an electrical storm, accompanied by heavy rain, William North, a contractor, accompanied by flvo"workmen, sought shelter in an unfinished building. Lightning struck the build jhe. kiiiihk ' nanes uameis and rendering tlic entin party unconscious. Two other members ot i!io party ara In a precarious conditbon, and aro not expected to recover. Price of Lime Advanced. Chattanooga. Aug. .">.?As a result ol the late alleged combination between tho limn kilns of tlio south, in which it is said all the smaller concerns lia-vo been absorbed, the price of limo bias been advanced from lb to 22 c>enta per bushel. It is given out by tlto leading linn- makers of tjhis section that the advance Is caused by tho increase in the cost of machinery, wages and other expenses. Tln^ state that while the advance is a s fiff one, the price heretofore lias been entirely too low. Tex33 Roads Resume, Traffic. Dallas, Tex., Aug. b.? /lc|iort8 from the Texas Pacific, Cott/m licit, Missouri, Kansas and Toy/as and Texas and New Orleans rrrilroad officials show those roads to 1 to entirely clear from washouts and trains aro running regularly. T ho Houston and Texas Central Is h? ,ving somo trouble on tts Austin brarjeh, but expects to be clear within a short time. Work Begins tin Big Warchip. New Yoik. Aux A.?Worlt will begin today on the rr,puliation at tho New York navy ya/d ,)n which tho new 16,000 top bavflesrt ip Connecticut will be const rubt/d. i -|,() constmMction of the ship will be the biggest work ever undertaken at the It low York y?uxl. Tho only battleship hull 't there previously was tho ill-fated Mi Uno. i - - ; "ME USE OP COTTON SEtO OIL AS : FOOD. low it Came Into General Use and Why it Gained in Popularity---lt is Safe and Wholesome. From the earliest IMble times to the resent day nations of th eouiitrhs it; rounding the Mediterranean have fade the oil of tho olive otm of their riwioal artieles of diet. It Is used in ; fl cooking operations and replaces th* ntl??r and lard of the nations i* aartl ?.? Kurope. There is ho quooWon hut !*iM ? jmre vegetable ?U purhl 9m8 hsolthy artlol? rj dtafc Tr* fvw read of dyspepsia *<od troifhle^ f .*x similar nature among the people f the Levant, doubt loss 'not aviso the it taken as a necessary paid of a well ^gulated diet is always taken as a tire vegetable ojl. In our own ooun'y up to within the last few years il has been used but little as an aide of diet, except by Eurojieaiis \. ;n? avo made their homes in our midst. >'e have citing to the traditions of our axon ancestors biul used the liard fats re pared from 'hogs and entile. Th?? eople of this country are beginning to al!2e their mistake. Throughout our itfthern SUntce avc Iiua-* trees, small Is true, but great in numbers, which roducc a ffuit fjir more woVulrrful lan the olir-o, Ave refer to our cotton latit. Its fiber clolhos the world, its xnl yields an oil which is unrivaled I sweetness and purity by the finest ro.fuct of the pressed olive. Cotton seed oil Avas refined in small uantitics prior to the Ci\ll war. It ?und Its Avay to Europe and came back i fancy bottles mixed with olive oil. II the early SO's the production of tile 11 Increased rapSdly. Great quantities tiding tlieir way to Chicago in myswiously marked packages, the contents f which properly blended with other laferial, traveled all over the Avorld In he form of lard. About the ye^r 1887 it was discovered hat the amount of lard shipped from 'lilcago greatly exceeded the weight f all the hogs received and an in\ estimation Avas instituted by Congress i'hieh brought forth tlie inform;'.tioti hat the product of*the cotton seed was rttifdy unobjectionable as an article f diet and JiaV.ie to l>e preferred l>y iiany to that of the liog. for Auirions caxons our people have always been uojudiced against the oil Itself. (hough ating large quantities of it in ihe orm of lard compound. This p.c.iu lice is no doubt hugely due to the aulty refining methods used l>y many f the manufacturers who turned out n oil of unpleasant flavor which gavt iff Aery disagreeable odors in cooking, dodern science has shed lis rays his great product of our section and he oil Is now produced in enormous luantitics. absolutely fi?o rmm mn" iml llaA'or and almost oolnrh-ss. Sliippi d n barrels it finds its avuv into (lie la.gst hake shops of tlie country. when t takes the place of many tons of hud mil butter. Packed in hermiticallj ealed cans it is in*, anting kitchens <>f ?ur best families. It making friends very where. The greatly extended use if cetton seed oii in the household h. dded greatly to the wealth of our fni ni rs by making a sure market for si :!>r sect! which they oaii produce. Too rapid Increase in the use of the oil ha: iiily been nuuto possible bj' Improve "fining' mot ho (Is which wore the r.Its of long, patient tuvl expensive ? *>> i intents by the leading' toniptny- h 'e business. Such experiment - eou'i' I * 'y be made by the ei inl ine.' i : 'inn es centered In ;i large 1 .? <\ 'uJeb can command the ne--d <( bisip n i materials and furnish the t; m: ry money outlay to fundi; ; sivo Aperiments on a practi' il : i The farmer of the south has na I: t I'r.vnd than the larj#o co-np. nir ; are dally striving to improve tht j net of hif cotton seed find extend thr USV of tfitftn of) jftra pvM'" !, fllM tlKi WfOTt ?* .CrFttWl ?}'f ' ?T*'. .* tBrh. G?, abH W* ViwTe and general offices in Columbia. V. c Savannah, Chi., Atlanta, <?a.. lotte. C? any of which \ i51 ii.. f ut; i b information. 'FRISCO MAD AFTER GENTRALBF GEORGIA Negotiations For Acquisition of bystem Pending. CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORTS Positive Statements Have Beon Made, Says the New York Evxjnihg P09t? That the St. Louia and San Francisco Is Trying to Secure Control. New York, Aug. 5.?Tho Evfcniug Post says: "Very positive statements were made today that negotiations are pondln'g for tho aeqhlsUion of the Georgia Central system by the St. I.ouis and San Francisco whlcli, jatt weo^, se/suren vno cnieago add Wastern Illinois and which fftrrTiTE tjro last year, Has matfo notable prdgrcSB in expansion. ThoSV) reports \&e/o practically confirmed, so fttf as regards the statement that negotkttfdhs with this purpose fn view hnvo bcch under way. They are not, IiOwdvdr, complete. From the same authority, a denial was obtained bf tin* reports of a grand merger of all southern railroads. PASSED BOGLtS CHECK. Lieutenant Coffey, of New York, Arrested at Oakland, 051. San FranofscO, Aug. 5.-~4Jf ntenn?it Edgar N. Coffey, of New Vdrft, has beep arrested in Oakland, cbtfrged with passing a bogus cheek rib fito proprietor of a hotel. His arrival at the hotel was proceded by n letter from Portland, Ore., purporting to be signed by George W. Mclver, captain of the feevenfh infantry, U. S. A., stating that Coffey was a second lieutenant of the company, who had boon sent south On official business, requesting that his riarrto atld business he kept serfdt and asking tho hotel people to ca< h a check for $ 125 which had hern given ^lm. Tbe letter w^s wriLU^' on official paper, aiid tlie "lienU uiint" hVdffglit With htm flSwy appvoffTl? JtfiflV CftfTfcffll^2. Tfr< chc^K ?TJTiTr^fT. nffi tfirgjfTeMflfc were aroused when u tfccOnff nhOcH was presented by Coffoy. An ln< 1 VMtigfttion MM tnadi) and hki GRASP THE 01 Of getting a Good I offered you. We I Sty to select from and you d us to order for we carr have ROCK HILL of all styles. Tf you want a Bug Harness conic and look over our ! sell you. REMEMBER YOU TAKE Uftll Ulixr ?>l/l 11'" " uuj HUU nc UUHliVlllCt/ WIJilL 1 GREEN i LEADERS IN VEHICL UNION CARRL Are tlie peuple to see 1 RE PA I High Grade Trimming and Get their estimate before having UNION CARRI W.?F. HUGHES NEXT TO GREEN & \ -"^DR. I. M - urtfc.. DEN1 Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. SPR ^ MilMER run nnn a nr r\\rc 1 1 1 C UK.C/VI 1JYZ It enables you to ea and digest what yoc i Wby starve yourself or Oc r,rink Glenn Spring THE LARGE E THOROUGHLY OVE1 MODELED AND EVE VENIENCE ADDED, WATER WORKS, I BEDS, NICE CLEAN ETERYTHING TO M AND COMFORTABL] GLENN SPRINC followed. At first he strongly pro- | tested his innocence, hut finally ad- : mil ted that he was not what he claimed to he. hut asserted that it was hitj first offense against the law. LARGE REWARD FOR NECKLACE. Mrs. Sprcckios Offers $5,000 for Rccov. ery of . vj! n Jewel. New Yd.: . A:.:. ."?. Scotland Yard' announces , reward ot $5,000 for tho yeeoveiy necklace lost by, or stolen from. i . A. Sprcckels, of San Francisco, t itthe Ix>ndf?n correspondent of I'm- New York American. The which consists of a slnpl "ti. magnificent pearls fast* ruby and diamond ?lr>fs ? 1 1 ' t in Paris, antf la estiniai' ' i. Hi $2o,O00. Mrs. Spit' - was accompanied by Miss Sr " f i's and missed tho Jewels at tlie saii'-onti - when on her way to ta'-.e pass aye tor America on tile Kaisci .Viiildlii tier fli-neon Chn burst into tears on dis< overing her loss, and at first thought of remaining In l-'ngland unlll some trace of tho missing t nrls lmd hern found, hut later decided to leave- their possible recovety in the hands of the pollco agents. * Punitive Expedition Sent Out. Bangkok, S4ain, Aug. 5.?A bt>dy~o! troops numbering 2,000, has been sent north to punish tho Shans, who recently attacked and seized the town of*T'hrae. The town is now in flossession of COO Shans, who are preparing to resist the forces sent against them. Tjte Sllans have killed 25 Sfarac'so offtrifrtls, but have not molested any 61 1 t,he inhabitants of tho town. 1 -k * PPORTUNITY , 3u??y when it is. ^ mve a variety of les [ont have to wait for / them in stock. Wo BUGGIES ( gy, Carriage, Surrey or Set of stock aiul we are sure we will 1 NO RISK. You see what ve sell. fc. BOYD. ES AND HARNESS. AGE WORKS when in need of any RING. I Painting a Specialty. ; your work done elsewhere. AGE WORKS. 3, Manager. BOYD'S STABLE. . 11Air?.-?"Office Bank Buildinar Union, S?Q. 'NQS AL JPEPS1A CURE. t what you want, i eat. i what distresses you? s Mineral Water. IOTEL HAS BEEN RHAULED AND RE:ry iviodern conelectric ligets, iATH TUBS, GOOD LINENS, IN FACT AKE YOU HAPPY E. iS COMPANY. TRACEY SEEN NEAR ODR88A. Escaped Convict Still Leading Offloer* Lively Chaee. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 5.?The pursuers of Tracey are proceeding on the theory that he is somewhere hi the western part of Lincoln county. Sher- . iff Cudlhee And Debolt Arrived at Roar* ' dam, 15 miles east of Davenport^ at an early hour yesterday, having traveled nil night. I-ater they left foi Edyvall and -a telephone message from there says they left for the south, presumably for the Crab creek country. Sheriff Douset, of Spokane county, has a posse searching in SpnagUS county and Sheriff Gardner, of laincoin, is still covering the northern cud of the county. It is reported that Tracey has been seen near Odessa, tn tho Crab creek country. BATTLE AT AG OA DULCE. State Department Cabled of Pierce ri?UA ? riynw on isxnmui. Washington, Aug. 5.?A cablegram received at the state department from Panama dated Aug. B, conveys tha Information that the revolutionary wai vessels in tho bay; that a fierce bat tie has been fought at Agua Dulce and that the results of the battle are no! yet known. Tho government, however, claims tho victory. The Ranger is in the bay. .1, New Building for Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. S.?Plans are now being made for the design of a handsome four-story brick and stone feusfness block to bo erected on Ore SdlTth side of Ray street, between Mala ftftd Tvaura streets, on the ?ej |