The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-15
GOVERNOR APOL0GIzED
For Constnbles' Raid on Mrs. Tren-
hOlm's Residence.

hOIm's Residence.
Columbia, 8. c., April 1.-THE re-
cent activity of dispensary constables
in Charleston has developed a new SEN
sation.
A few days ago the home of Mrs.
William L. Trenholm, one of Charles
toms best known society women, and
widow of the late William L. Tren-
holm, controller of the currency under
President Cleveland's first administra-
ton, was entered and raided by con-
stables. This error was caused by an
order from Chief Constable Hammett,
the newly appointed head of the con-
stabulary, who, being unacquainted
with Charleston, ordered a search TO
be made at Nos. 40 and AZ East Bay.
Finding no house at No. 40, the con-
stables proceeded to search the next
number, which was the home of Mrs.
Trenholm
When Gov. Hayward was informed
of the error of the constables he at
once sent a personal letter to Mrs.
Trenholm. making apology without re-
straint for the boorishness of the Of
ficers who entered her home.
Sponsor for Reunion.
Yesterday Gen. T. w. Carwile, COM
mander of the South Carolina Division,
Confederate Veterans, appointed Miss
Hattie Hunt Austin of Greenville as
sponsor of the South Carolina Division
both for the state reunion and for the
general reunion in New Orleans. Miss
Jessie Lucille Thompson of Spartan
burg will be her maid of honor.
gV.rewya SxrfnHIa
A number of Columbians have been
swindled by a shrewd fakir. Some
time ago a young man representing
himself to be J. N. Howard of At
lanta, and claiming to be the special
travelling solicitor of the Curtis Pub
fishing Company, secured between rs
and 100 subscribers to the Satur
day Evening Post, collecting 81 from
each subscriber. Quite a time having
elapsed and no paper having been
received, some of the subscribers who
held Towards receipts wrote to the
publishing house in regard to the al
legged special solicitor. No such re-
ceipts had been received at the or
flee of this reliable concern, nor had
they any agent by the name of Howard
travelling this territory. Howard rep
resented to the people here that he was
one of the several solicitors with head
quarters IN Atlanta.
Child Labor Law.
The child labor law passed at the
last session of the General Assembly
will become effective on May /. That
law provides that no child shall be. per-
mitted to work at night between the
hours of Sh p. m. and a. m. 1t
further requires that no child under the
age of II years shall be employed in any
factory, mine or textile establishment
in this state. There is a provision
that a child under IL years of age may
work until p. M, in the event of a
cident or break in machinery causing
a loss of time. The employment OF the
children of any age is permitted when
such children are absolutely dependent
upon themselves and when a widowed
mother, a totally disabled father or the
guardian or persons standing in loco
PARENTS of said child or children shall
make an affidavit to that effect.
These are the chief provisions OF
the act which, 1t is claimed, will not
seriously affect the children now work.
ing in the cotton mills of South Caro-
lima, most of them being of the class
covered by the exemption clause re-
ferred to above.
Went Swimming in shacLIes.
Bud Clinkseales and Lewis Miller,
two negro convicts working on the pub
lie highway near Abbeville, went in
swimming yesterday with their
shackles on. When the got beyond their
depth the weight of the chains carried
them down and they were unable to
reach shore. Before assistance ar
rived Clinkscales was drowned. Miller
No rt1liad and revival