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EXPLAINS DELAY. Supt. Anderson Says C., N. & L. to Blame-Commission Will In vestigate. Augusta Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 12.-The railroad commission today received a letter from Supeintendent A. W. 'Anderson of the second division of the Coast Line regarding the com plaint Chairman Caughman has made against it for violating the rule of the commission in failing to inform about 50 passengers, who were kept waiting here all Tuesday night last, as to the cause of the delay in the ar rival of the Coast Line's train from the up country. Superintendent An aerson blames the C., N. & L. officials for the trouble which resulted. He says his office was as much in the dark as 'to the nature of the trouble as the passengers'kept waiting in Co lumbia for transportation to low country points. The commission, however, is not satisfied with this explanation and will have the officials of both roads here- to shiw cause why the penalty for violating the rule should not ap ply. ,NOW the C., N. & L. is operated by a separate company, but its di rectors are Coast Line officials and it is run by the Coast Line r6ad. The cause of the delay %as a derailed freight engine near Leaphardt station, and though the passengers were nev er informed aatoi the 4ause as the rule requires, the C., N. & L., organiMa 'tion sent extra equipment to the seat of the trouble, and brought its pas sengers into Columbia. The exact' date for the hearing has not yet been set, but it will be held in a few days. The outcome is anti eipated with the keenest interest, not only because tae Coast Line has shown a disopsition toresist the com mission's rules, but because in spite of Ie fact thati this particular rule is 6ver a year old it has been more violated than obeyed by all of the roa:ds. ROVING GROUNDS OF STATE CAPITOL P. J. Berckman's Company of Augus ta Has Been Awarbd Contract - -Work Begins Sooni. The work of improving the state hiouse grounds will be commenced at a n'ot distant date and will, perhaps, be finished by fair week. The com mission in charge of this woik has en gaged the services of the P. J. Berek mans comnpany of Augusta, Ga., a firm which for 57 years has been en gaged in the nursery business and in high class landscape. gardenirig. The preliminary surveys were made in the spring, but thae work of planting trees was not commenced then, as it would have been unseasonable. The narserymen will commene their work in September and will push it to s.onelusion There is ai great dceal of r.reini ary wo.sk to be. done, such as grading the terraces, laying out suitable walks, and rear ranging the grounds in a general..way to eonform to, the appearance of the capitt.l and its environs. The commission has a great deal of confid(ence in the judgment of the niurserymen selected to do this work, -fnr they have been successful in a nnnber of former large undertakings of this kind. The appropriationi made by the general assembly was small, but even with this the commission hopes to sho'w marked improvement in the grounds themselves,. and, as was announced in The State a few dasago, the contract for the laying of certain grinite copings, and cer tain walks and approaches to the ~building itself was let to Mr. John J. Cain, who is very much interested in the work and will give the state a good piece of wvork as an evidence of his interest. This will be only the beginning of the work which should be done to carry out the designs of Mr. Jno. Niernsee, the architect who design ed the capitol building, .but the state is able at this time to make a begin ~ning only. The commission has pro ceeded in such a way that the work may, in the discretion of the general assembly, be continued from~ year to year by providing for the completion of firstone part and then another un til finally the grounds . will be in keeping uth the great building it self. - As soon, therefore, as the season is propitious, the expert nurserymen will begin to* rearrange the grounds. to plant ornamental grasses suitable to'- this climate, and to substitute hardy and graceful trees where others should come down. Condensed Knowaedge. A ton of water from the Dead sea will yield 187 pounds of salt; that from the Altantic ocean 81 pounds and from the Pacific 79 pounds. Fishguard, the new Welsh port of the Great Western railway, is 115 .mls nearer New York tha Liver pool. anl 55 miles nearer than ny mouth. As evidence of the decline or tip pling in England it is stated that the number of public houses in 1881 ias 96,727, and in 1904 the number was 91,502. The value of the India rubber im ported into the United States during the past year in the crude form aggre gated $50,000,000. Brazil is the chief source of supply. Mattresses of paper shavings are supplied to the soldiers of the German army. They are said to be more com fortable than those of straw. One'fill ing will last three years. The Siamese government has pre pared specifications for a- very com plete telephone installation for the city of Bankok and has requested bids from a limited number of lionses of Europe and the United States. Diamonds valued at 300,000 have been taken within the last six months from a new diamond field about forty miles from the celebrated De Beers group of mines. The field has been worked only partially, so that it may prove to be of great importance. The stones have many distinet -character isties, and many of them have the ap pearance of cut gems.. The average depth of the Atlantic ocean is 16,000 feet. Over 8,000,000 copper coins are is sued every year by the English mint. There are 700 railroad stations POINTS OF EXCELLENC Thorough instruction. University library. Excellent laboratories. fulness. Honor system, Full lit courses. Degrees of A. B. and B. Next session opens September 18tl LEE DAVIS I N EWBERR Clas Scie Ted Expenses very moderi surpassed. For catakc dent, J/ * EGG-O-SE E-Fre %{kge * RICE-15, 18 and * KARO SYRUP * HOUSEHOLD A * ties for 25c. * PARCHED COFI * Parched Coffee plete in town, a * TEA-Gunpowdc 0 QOolong and Mix~e4 Our stock of Car 0 Vegetables, Canne 0 is the largest and * offered here. Ou as goods of such Our stock of sta * ceries is full, and you to to call and Fant's GrocE S wili i'1l \%-ee Cnkl' O ( ildlu C1'os:-. A -watei takIen to the tio) oIf Mmnt Blanc will gain tliirtV-six seconds in twenty four hours. Insurance statistics show that where the husband dies first the wife survives eleven years and when the woman dies first the man survives nine years. Great Britain eats her annual wheat product in thirteen weeks. The average '^ngth of life in Eng land is forty-four years. February holds the birth-rate rec ord. June is the month in which the fewest births take place. Makes a Woman 4 ok Ten Years, .Younger Because It takes a great weight offiher mind. jef-0 Solves the daily Dessert problem. Byiising Jell-O it is possible to serve adifferent dessert eiery day inthe year. Jell-O ckn be prepared in add biigwater and st t ol ...... estantly;-simply 7 flavors. 10c. per package, at all grocers. Foodoe cL...eUI&N.Y. r 'Douih&"tjmetownixp(*itIon. WOIlI, hik y, L. L, R:-Hiigh Standard. Able faculty, methods. Fine equipment. Splendid Beautiful site. Unsurpassed health erary, scientific, musical and artistic M. Winnie Davis School of Hittory. 1, 1907. Send for catalogue. 14DGE, A. M., Ph. D. President. C COLLEGE. sicall. ntific inicall te. Health record un gue address the Presi ~S. A. B. SCH ERE R, Newberry, S. 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