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enlisted so promptly to keep them
waiting on those who hsve been either
negligent or Indifferent, the above or
der will be strictly enforced" -
INTERESTING TO VETERANS.
The following general order viii be
found of interest to the Confederate
veterans throughout the State:
Headquarters South Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans, Green
vile, s. c., Feb. 26, 1895. s# IS
General orders, No. 10.
In compliance with orders from
Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee,
commanding department. east Of the;
Mississippi, q. G. v, Commandants
of camps throughout this division will
Immediately report to these headquar-
ters the names and numbers Of. their
respective camps together with the;
names of their commandants adju-
tants and the number of veterans ups
on their rolls.
By order of
SIS. Crittenden, e
Major General South Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans.
Jas. G.. Hawthorne, q
Adjutant General.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
1t is announced that sEx- -Commis-
sioner Traxler has been appointed so-
liciting agent of the Darling ton Phos-
phate Company. Mr.. Ea3leEMil be-.
gin work just as soon as he HaS1hes
up in Columbia.
Mr.. w. w. Scruggs, Who sha SH.
at work on the system of boo ok1epjng
that is to be used by the Gspe1s8R8Ss u
was at work this week getting 4Re
books in shape in order that 6ey,
might be sent out. The books have III
been received and are in very good
shape. The board of control think
that everything can now be kept I'M
much better shape. ~ 3 8 50
Grand Chancellor Bacon OF the.
Knights of Pythias, writes that he has.
just granted dispensations for the in;
stitution of three more lodges Of his
order in the State, at Chester, Elloree,s
and Lake City. This will send the;
number of lodges in South CarolnSRp
to about eighty with a membersAi 0f:
about 5000.
The many friends in Columh ct
ex-Secretary of State j. E. Tindag MIL
learn with regret of the burning 81
that gentleman's residence in Chreh-
don county, which occurred at about !
o'clock Sunday morning last. The
fire is supposed to have been of incens
diary origin. A portion of the furni-
ture was saved. The house was par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The opera house, Monday night,
was crowded with fashionable audi;
ence gathered to see Mile. Rhea I'M
''The Parisians. The star fully sls-
tanned her reputation. Everybody
was delighted.
The entertainment of the local anna
teurs in the opera house on Tuesday
night was great success. The fund
realized, for the poor of the city, was
quite up to expectations, the net profit
being over SIS.
The Electric Railway Company has
gotten permission from the City Coun-
Gil to complete its proposed belt line
to encircle the city through Elmwoods
avenue on the north, Gervais street on
the south, the extreme city Limit ON
the east and the river on the west.
President Marshall will push the work
with his accustomed energy-asslring
its completion by the first week In Ap-s
ril.
Can't. Lawson D. Melton contradicts
the statement that he has abandoned
his contest for the seat of MIR. STAN
yarne Wilson of Spartanburg, the
Congressman-elect from the fourth
district. 81
The coming of Lent, which com.
menced on the 9th, Ash Wednesday,
will quiet things in the social world: {
Active steps have already been tax
en- by the officials of Allen University
(for colored studentS to rebuild the;
houses recently destroyed by fire.
We have had genuine Columbia
weather this week-almost springlike.
Uprising in Cuba. 80 s1as
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March LA
special to the imes-Union from Port
Tampa, Fla, says: ''The steamship
Masotte arrived here Yesterday from
Havana bringing Cuban adyices up to-
Thursday. The press reports OF an
insurrectionary movement on the is-S
land are confirmed. The daily papers
of Havana are devoting small space TO
the uprising and seem to consider it OF
no Importance, but these papers refor
the most part under government con-
troll. From these papers, it appears
that there have been .uprisings in the
province of Matanzas and Sandiego DE
Cuba, and conflicts have occurred be-:
tween the government forces and bands
OF insurgents in which one or two men
have been killed and several wounded
The insurgents seem to move about IN
small bands, composed of fifty to 100
men.
A Physician Shot.
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. S-A special
to the News and Observer from Lex
ington, N. c., says: Dr.. r. L. Payne,
one of the oldest and best known ply
sicians of Lexington. was shot and
killed at 36 Monday by Baxter Shem..
we'll, a young business man of that
place. The killing was the result OF
bod fna;ino evistinp between the par