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-F,nr,LISEE85 NEWBEBRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY,JN6,19.PIE150AYR THR BURNING OF CLEMKSON The New Building to be Grand'r than the Old-No One Knows How the Fire Started-An Interesting Ac count of the Burning. CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. C., May 28. In the editor's comments on the tele gram I sent, last Tuesday the regret is . expressed that I did not give details as ; fully as was desired, concerning the burning of the main building of Clem son College. For that reason, and be- 1 cause of the general in'terest taken in t our misfortune, I have deemed it best to send a communication for this 1 week's issue of The Herald and News. 'A cadet who happened to be awake a about half-past four o'clock oi the morningof the 26th instant saw a light 4 - in the musenw--something quite n- 4 usual. His attention being attracted, he soon decided a& to its dangerous character, and imA dktely reported t his discovery to jo. Blythe who a sleeps in barracks. rhe Qarm was im- : mediately given, and soon most 1 of the cadets were on e grounds s ready to render whatever assistance s was in their power. Major Blythe and several cadets connected - some - hose to a hydrant and as soon as possi- 9 ble were on the third floor'ready to op- I pose the progress of the flames. Water came promptly and soon the burning 4 material on the floor was practically z barmless. The nozzle was then turned to.the ceiling where a small patch of flame was gradually gaining headway, when the. water failed. This was the eritical momnt.. Before a sufficient stream of water could be obtained the building was doomed. Every one then tared to saving the library, the phys. t ical apparatus, office furniture and the 1 like. And when this was done, all s hands stood, and with sad hearts, 1 watched the destruction of a magnid cent building, and the hope of many of our people. - As soon as breakfast could be taken, all o us assembled in the chapel, when the President of the Board and the t President of the College made short talks, urging the cadets to be dutiful c and hopeful, and assuring them that work would begin again Wednesday 1 morning. The faculty met immediately after wards, and during the day found a suf. ficient number of rooms for the differ ent departments, and the essential work of the, college is moving along t quite smoothly. The Board of Trustees met the fol lowing Friday night and adjourned c late Saturday afternoon.. They decided 1 to begin at once the rebuilding of the main structure. Mr. Bruce, of Atlan- I ta, the architect who designed the first building, came over on Thursday and - mide an examination of the walls, t and found that much of tte old buildling is unhurt. The tower is in-I taet. -The chapel~ is so little injured that one can scarcely tell it has ever been 'threatened with destruction. Nearly all the books bought by the college for the library were saved; but there'- was in- the library a large num. ber of books and pamphlets sent from the Departments at Washington,4 Many of them, such as the Smith:-4 soniah Reports, the War Records, &c., were very valuable. These are a total loss. The Department of Physics saved I out of an apparatus worth $2,000 -all I but about $600. In the loss was a gas 2 machine that cost $500. This could2 mot be removed in time. None of the recitation benches and slate black boards were saved. The latter alone cost $600, not including cost in putting them up.,,The instruments of the1 Weather Bureau, worth several hun dred dollars, were burned, It is diffBcult to state exactly the * original cost of the main building. 1 Estimates range from 860,000 to $75,000. The insurance is $20,000. - It is safe to say that, when .the ne w building is completed and all parts of1 the work of the college have onte more fallen into their lines, every one con versant with the facts will admit that the fire was not an unmixed evil. The buirned building was one that any board of trustees could be proud of; but the new building will be a great improvement on the old. A hotel to contain twenty rooms will be built at once, and used tempo rarily for lecture rooms. A hydrat is to be placed within reach of every res idence as wellas public building. Dr. Sloan is made chief of the fire depart ment and ordered to organize and train the cadets for fighting the fire fiend when he next appears. About fifty cadets have gone home since the fire. A few more will leave; but the large majority will continue 9ithf(ul to the cop4ge. The patr'ons of the institgtion tray rest assured that ps' thorough y'ork -will be gone since mhe gre ag before. If a parent intenids to educate his son here, he should let him r'emain if he is no.w in college. Various theories have been proposed to account for the origin of the fire; but no one has any direct evidence to give. The museum-the Exhibit of the old South Carolina Department of Agriculture-was on.the third floor of the b .ilding. There was a good deal of rubbish, in the form of packing ma terial, that was loose on the floor, and inratch applied to this would- accom "lish aill that an incendiarf douldi de sire. In this combustible heap' the fire started.' How-tidone knows. " It Is useless, I thin C, to .give conjec tures here. It issugiient for us riow to say that our next museum will loazbtless be in a buildimg of its own. C:~ W. WELCH. Jf you decide to take Wood's Sarsa parilla 4o not be induced - to .huy any A TILLMAN "GENTLEMAN.4 kr. Newbold, of Texas, Imported to Work up a Dispensary Case-He Tries to. Kill the Mayor of Columbia and Strikes Serious Trouble. (Special to The Gre.enville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., May 31.-W. R. gewbold, a young white man who ,-esterday created a sensation by breatening to shoot Me.yor Sloan, was ried in the police court this morning >efore Alderman Brennan and fined a otal of $80 in two cases. It has been earned that Newbold is a Texas detec ive and has been working up the cases f the men who looted the dispensaries Lt Florence and Timmonsville. There vere some racy developments in the ases to-day and the matter came near nding in a legal fight between the city nd state. Newbold came here yester lay to get a witnss to take to Florence o testify before the grand jury and was Iso to have gone to Florence himself esterday afternoon. The city authori lee wouid not release him last night nd be did not leave here until this ifternoon, too-late to appear before the rand jury, which adjourned to-day. [t is said that Newbold has obtained trong evidence against prominent nen of Florence and that his life has >een threatened. He is, however, a lesperate man and does not pay any ttention to threats. The following is the State's account >f Newbold's arrest: "Just in front of the city hall yester lay afternoon W. H. Newbold, a white an, who claims to' ail from Texas, nade an atte'mpt to shoot Mayor Sloan, though he was under arrest at the ime. -Newbold had been seen about be State capitol a good deal of late, Lnd since his arrest it has developed hat he is in the employ of the State as detective." It seems that Newbold has been here everal days, together with another roung man, who has just been con ricted in Florence of an assault and )attery of a high and aggravated na ure, and who was yesterday bound ver to the higher court in this county or a similar offense. On Tuesday light, the young man referred to raised iuite a racket in this city and pulled >ut a pistol. It was a weapon belong og to the State of South Carolina. Yesterday morning when he was >rought before the mayor and fined, ;be concealed weapr-n was confiscated Lnd herein began the trouble. Newbold went to Mayor Sloan's resi lence during the afternoon and stated bat he was a detective and owned the veapon and demanded its return. The' nayor told him if heo'could produe )roof that he was a regularly appointed >Acer he would turn the weapon over ohim. Newbold presented a note.from Uttorney General Buchanan, who AIsked the mayor to deliver the pistol to gewbold, as he was an officer of the state. He told the mayor that he would iave to give tip the weapon and he be ;an to threaten, so Mayor Sloan says. L'he mayor told him he had struck the rong man to buildor;e. Mayor Sloan ays thbat Newbold then stepped back. utside the gate, threw back his coat, lisplaying a.pistol and told him that 2e was tired of talking and that if he the mayor) would step out there they ould settle the whole thing. Mayor loan was unarmed, and stepping back a the house he sent a messeog0r to t ell he chief of police to meet him at Mr. Buehanan's residence. The mayor put n his coat and calme up to see Mr. uchaan. He told the attorney-geE ral what bad transpired. Mr. Buchan? n did not uphold Newbold and asked. he mayor what he intended to do. ayor Sloan said he intended to lock Tewbold up. Mr. Buchanan wished to iive bond for his appearance, stating bat he was obliged to have the man or a witness in Florence to-day, The nayor refused. Mayor Sloan then came up street and ade out a warrant for the arrest of he man. Officers were sent to wateb utgoing trains. About 6 o'clock a nssage was reeived from the attorney eneral that Newbold was at his office eady to submit to arrest. Sergeant Ramilton went down for .him. New yold came up street with him quietly ough and the officer made no at empt to disarm him. The sergeant neeting Officer Kraft, stopped in front >f the city hall. The governor's pri rate secretary, Mr. Tompkins, went o see the mayor, but Mayor Sloan re used to allow anyone to stand the fel low's bond;. he said that $40 in cash would have to be put up before New bold could be released. The Mayor inally caine down and passed near by. One of the officers say that he remarked: "There goes the d--n scoundrel now. I intend to kill him." kt any rate very shortly afterwartly, tpe mayor being some distance away, gewhp,ld sgdden ly whipped out a pistoL. Before he culd make use of it, It was wrenched out of his hand; tbe "nippers" were placed on him and the officers started to the station house with him amid consid erable excitement. It is said that New bold has threatened to-kill both the mayor and the chief of police before he stops. What Has9e! a [Romne Tribune.] What has the administration done? It has done $bis: Repealed the sherman law. Repealed the federal election laws. Saved $46,000,000 of fraudglett pen Pra.tically passed a tariff bill that gts the duty 3Q per cent- and saves the people directly $70,000,000, indirectly t1A0,0A0,0Q0 more. 1 WOULD LEAD A MOB" Gov. Tillman Reiterates His Views 02 Lynching-Bow the Snuth Is Being slandered rTbe State, 2nid.] The newspaper accounts indicatA that a colored woman, Ida B. Wells, i raising quite a furor in her denuncia. tion of the Southern people and hai made much ados' 'out the lynchings The woman has taken Governot Till. man's declaration "that he would lead a lynching mob" as her text and hau with it tried to create the impressior that there was no peace or safety foi her people in this country. No doubi she made Ike Peterson one of bei heroes. Any way, her campaign hai given Governor Tillman the opportu nity of reiterating the statement thal he would lead a mob to lynch a rav isher. The declaration was recalled by the following polite request from tb Rev. Dr. Hall, of Norfolk, who writes: NORPOLK, VA., May 29, 1894. To his Excellency, the Governor Qi South Carolina: Dear Governor Tillman: There ap. peared in the Christian World, a papez published in London, England, an ac count of an interview between the re porter of said paper and a certain Ida B. Wells, colored, correspondent of the Inter-Ocean, in which a fierce attack is made upon the good people of the South, charging them with lynching negroes for almost any crime; and it answer to the question, "What are the Governors and State authorities about while all this is going on?" she says: "They let the mob have their owd way," and she went on to say: "Gover nior Tillman, of South Carolina, whet first elected, condemned lynching and declared he would protect the negro. At his second candidature two years ago, standing under actree where eight negroes had b) en lynched, he declared he would himself lead a mob to lynch a negro who assaulted a white wo man." I have been requested by the Baptist ministerp of Norfolk and Portsmoutb, Va., to address the English people through the Christian World, spon the subject.and to make some reply to the malicious charges made against the South by this woman, who is having the right of way in the churches, hall and other places of public assemblage. May I ask if she correctly quoted your statements and what may be yom attitude in respect to mob violence. She is doing no little injury to om land and I am anxious to make the reply as thorough as poosble and ic show that the Governors and the peo ple of the South respect and enforce law and order, notwithstanding the in stances where the people are driven tc desperation against'those who outraged their wives and daughters; whicb desperation is not restricted to the Southern States. Alloig me to extend you my best wishes, with the hope thai great prosperity may be enjoyed by all yourpeode.Very truly yours, Pastor Park Avenue Saptist Churchi Norfolk, Va. Dr. HaIl will very probably ba sur prised, from the character of his letter, when he receives the follnwing reply from Governor Tillman; CoUM W[A, S. C., ,June 1st, 1894. Rev. J. J. Hall, D. D., Norfolk, Va. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of May 27, I beg to pay that I~ am .cort reetly reported to this extent; l said in~ my canvass two years ago, and I, say now, that Governor as I am, I would lead a mob to lyntch any ipan,.white or black, who had ravish, d apy worpan, white or. black. I,sendi you a copy 01 my inaugural address, in which mpy views as to the sacred obligations the white people of the South are under it dealing with the negro, are set forth it full. I am on~ record as having askedl the Legislature to give me power tc remove any sherift .who pilowed a prisoner to be lynched while gnder his protection or in his custody. I have promptly ord,:red out the militia to promptly protept prisoners, whenever called on by the sherits. I am opposed to lynch law for anything else but rape. This is a crime, which in my opinion, places any man beyond the pale of the law and below the brutes. The Southern people are not blame less in dealing with the question o: lynching, but all our lynching are nol of negroes, and hut for the fact thal every outbreak of the kind is used as text by Republican newspapers toslan der our people they, would excite Dx more comment here than elsewhere ir the.4United States. I think that satis ties will show that they occur as ofter in the Northern and Western States as they do inl tpe Sogth. yery respctfgIll, 'B. B. TILLMIAN, Governor. While Governor Tillman was pre paring his reply one of his sheriffs was in the office. Children who are puny, pale, weak or scrofulous, ought to take Dr. Pieree' olden Medical Discovery. Toal builds up both their flesh and thel strength. For this, and for purifying the blood, there's nothing in all medi ine that can equal the ".piscvery.W * n recoveripgs frogr "pi-ip#,7 'or ir covaesenbb frotn pneumonma, fevers r other 'Wa'sting diaeases, it speedilj ad 'sur'ely rvigorates and bdilds uj the s'ystem. Ayan appetizing,'restora tiv' tonic, it'sets at~ w'ork all 'i; processes of digestion' and 'nutritipl roues every organ nto atgrql acit3on and brings pge h, lyh an~ strength. - Epr aI djseases caused y~ a torpic ier. or igipure blood, p,yspepsia siliousness, $crofulous, Skin, and Scall is4ases-even Consumption (or Lung sjrofula) in its earlier stagesm.-the "Wis covery" is 'the 'only gyaraniep( remedy. If it doesn't bene$t or egre, in ever: JUSTICE TO THE RALROADS. Reasonable Reductions Made In 'ax As sessnents-The Result of the Meeting of the Railroad Board of Equaliza tion Is Expected to Give Gen eral Satisfaction. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, May 30.-The State board of railroad equalization met to-day and fixed the assessments of the railroads in the State. The board showed very much more than. the customary len iency in the assessments. This is ac counted for by the fact that the rail road tax war has been finally settled by the courts, and by the additional showing that the roads have made no money during the past year and the -general coneiliatory spirit on the part of the board. At all events it is grati fying to note that the.board has made considerable reductions. in the.assess ments of many of the roads and per haps will continue such a policy when the facts are. presented. The board has notified all interested parties that in case they have any.protests to make they will be heard on June 9. The assessments as fixed are given in a condensed shape, -and it is specially gratifying to be able to give the table at all. The usual custom is for Mr. Norton, the clerk of the board, to read them from his records to the newspa per men. This morning he would not do this. Chairman Bates wrote to Mr. Norton that he was willing that the figures should be given out. Mr. El lerbe, however, wanted Mr. Norton to make the list up so it would be given out to-morrow. The. reason assigned for this was that the office was too busy to make up the list to-day, and that time ought -to be taken.. No amount of persuasion could move the Comptroller-General's office, which for some reason was excessively delibera tive. The office was immovable, but the positive declination of the Comp troller-General' office was no bar to the News and Courier getting the work of the board, and getting it iu a relia bfle shape, from members of the board. The work is comprehensively given in the following tables of assessments of last year and those fixed to-day: ASESSMEWTS PEE. MILE. 1893. 1894. Asheville and Spar'burg.:$ 8,000 $ 6,000 Atlanta and Charlotte,... 18,000 16,000 Branchvilli & Bowmi'n... 2,000 2,000 Car., Cnin. Gap & Chi,.. 5,000 5,000 Car., .'ville & West'n...- 1.000 1,000 Carolina Midland Ry ..... 5,000 5,00" Central of S. Carolina.;... 8,000 8,000 Chas., Cin. and Chicago.. 10,000 7,500 Chas. and Savannah...... 13,000 13,000 Chas.,Sumter,& North'n.. 6,000 .6,000 Char., Col. & Augusta.... 14,000 13,000 Cheraw and Chester....... 4,000 3,000 Cheraw and Darlipg'4... 4,000 4.000 Cheraw and Salisbury..... 3,500 '3,&00 Chester and Lenoir........ 4,000 3,000 Columbia 4 Greenville... 10,&00 10,000 Col'a, New. & Laurens... 4,000 . 5,500 East Shore Terminal..... 10,900 10,000 Filorence Railroad....10,000 15,000 Georgetown & West'n.... 3,000 3,000 Ga., Car. and North'n,,,.. 10,000 11,000 G. P., W. and B.,....... 4,000 4,000 Hartsville...........,..2,000 2,000 Laurens............... 4,000 4,000 Man, and Augpsta........ 4,000 4,000 Nortbeasterg.........- 17,000 16,000 Palinetto................. 3,000 3,000 f't. Edyal 4 Augusta.... 7,400 7,500 Pt. Royal & W. Ca'na.... 7,000 6.000 ~quth-Beuad........... 8,000 8,000 fBouth Car'olina.& Ga...... 164000 16,000 South & North 'Ca'na..... 1,00 1,600 Spar., Th4ion & Ccl'a...5,003. 6,000 Wil., Chad. $ Conway... 4,000 .... Wit., CoL. & Augusta...... 13,000 10,000 Wilson & Sumiperton..... 1,300 1,300 Ashley River.......... 7,000 13,000 Latta Branch.......... 3,500 3,500 do. Ca. Pacific.......6500 6,500 plue Bidge.............. g,000 4,O0Q MInEAGE TEE 'aOAD8 IN SOUTH A aheville and Spartanbuyg...2. Atlam4a pnd Charlot$e 4ir Line.. 14.99 apcebville and Bowipa........ 11.4 Cerplina, Cumberlapd Qap and Chicago...................... 24. Carolina, Knozville and Wesernm. 15. Carolina !idlap4...-..... 455. Central of Sointh Carolin~a..... 41.6 Charl1estog, Cipcinnati & Chicago. 107.2 Charlestop and Savanpah...... .. 5.6 Charlest~on, 8umter & Northerp... 150.6 Charlotte, Coiurihia & Augusta... 178.73 Cher4w and Chester........... 2886 Cheraw and Darlimngton..... -.. 52.16 Chester and L,enoir........... 37 Columbia,Newbermy & Lamirena.., 66.5 east Shore Terminal...,....... 1.76 Florence........................ 42.05 GeorgEtown and Western..... 36. Georgia, Carolina & Northern..... 136.52 Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville................... 13.5 Bartsville..........................10. Laurens............................29.9 Manchester and Augusta....... 19.41 Northeastern..................102.47 Palmetto........................... 11.2 Port Royal and Augusta.......108. Port Royal and Western Carolina 210.82 South-Bound............ ..... 103.86 South Carolina and Georgia..... 245. South Carolina Pacific.......... Y05 South and North Carolina.:.::...224. . .............................24. :.....:................,.......... 127.68 wboi'ad Summierton......... 20 3 Total........................2,552.45 It will be seen that the most important reductions are: Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta...$178,000 Charlotte Air Line...........248,000 Columbia and Greenville... ..... 70,000 Northeastern................... 102,000, Three C's..................,. d00,0 Chester and Lenoir ad Cheraw' and Chester'..G................ 65,600 ~ilngton, Columbia and Au g.t.........:...........;. 3,000v' .On the other hand (he increases are on the Floience Railroad, 45,00 per nile, the'Georgia paiolina and Worth erni, (1,00g pg ui,le, the Columbia, Sewbeg.y and Laurens. $500 per mile and the Ashley River Railroad. It will be seen that the increases are not near as large as the reductions, and for once the railroags haye f(ge very Well. The lgge igemase isn the Ashley Iiver .goad, wh~iip has a very small nileage, is wby the retu,rn of tbe com 'ony was aonentE Nn~i redntin wan A WONDERFUL WORK OF FAITH. The Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton Be gun Just Twenty Years Ago with One Building and Eight Orphans, it Now Possesses Many Buildings and Includes One Hundred and Thirty Persons. [From the News and Courier.] CLINTON, May 28 -On the 28th day of May, 1874, just twenty years ago, the corner-stone of the first building.of the Thornwell Orphanage was laid in place. It was a time of small things with us; we had Dot a dollar in the treasury and had just paid for a tract of one hundred and twenty-five acres on which the institution is built. The building was begun with a cash credit of fifty cents in the treasury, and that the gift of an orphan boy. On the 1st of October of the year following the building was completed and the first family of eight orphan children, with Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs as president and matron, was installed in the un. 1 finished edifice now known as the "Home of Peace." There was no encouragement whatever to pro ceed to this work but the goodness of a God. A debt of $2,000 was over the building itself which was scarcely worth more than twice that sum. Pro visions were scarce and hard to get, money scarcer still, and sometimes for a whole month not more $12 or $15 t could be raised foi the orphans. Twenty years have passed. On the 28th of May of this year the corner- c stone of the new building, the infirm- I ary, has just been laid. As we pass t over the grounds of the institution, neatly laid off and lined with build- c ings and beautiful growth of forest, we a feel like saying: "Ebenezer, hitherto 3 E the Lord has helped us." To-day we find that instead of one b there are five cottages, instead of eight, r a family of one hundred and thirty, including teachers and matrons. The one little room used for school work has developed Into a neat, spacious I and well furnished seminary; the one little dining table has grown to sixteen p and occupies Memorial Hall, contain. ing besides its ample store rooms and P kitchen; there is yet another for the tA school of laundry work. The few t books then formed the library, which t now ills a handsome little library tj building. It has two stories, the books above, and below a well lighted and C ventilated reading room, supplied with ii papets and magazines. The engine puffling in the near neighborhood ex cites Inquiry and we find that the tech- I, nical school for boys so long planned is ti at work at last. The-boys-are taught b in carpentry and iron work, in black- P amithing, printing and bindng, photo graphy and> telegraphy. But at the b back of all stretches out the gardens, a the orchards, the farm, and the bcsy. 0 lads are doing their best to help them selves and their home. a a All this was not done by any great a or special gift. Several times wealthy t; friends have given liberally, the great- 0 est gift at one time to the institution ~ having been $3,000, but for the most part all was done by small gifts of the it many, coming like the showers of n heaven often when least expected. But ' the most wonderful of all is the way in which this institution is supported. The endowment is so insignifleant that le t,he income from it would not support fi the houses for a month. There is no wealthy bgec,iugl there is not at this writing bread enough for to-morrow. The mail has not yet been brought in- E on it depends. the support of these I more than one hundred children. Who S will send them their daily bread is known 'only to the dear Lord himself. So has it been for these many months, b so will it be for years toocome. It is e the old story of the widow's barrel andY the widow's cruse. The gifts come from far and near and b so the children; there are children here e from Texas and from Michigan andh from Scotland, from Arkansas and from Ii Georgia there are many of them, and e] from many other States and sections of 0l our land. Away from all who knew t them, these are depending on the dear t Lord for their daily bread. And they a will not look in vain, al ti Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for June, gt 159A. Frank Lesli,e's ?oggiar Wnthly for i June is,no,abi,yeh mqaatter of per gonal e.oeporaneous human interest, s.iga gossippy article upon "Char acteristics of Congresamen," illustrated 'a with no less than forty portrait sketches p from life, by Gribayedoff' and Cline- tI dinst; and some delightfully intimate a reminiscensces of G.ladstone, by How- e .ard Paul, accompanied with eight pro- n gressive portraits of the "grand o141 v Commoner at marked periods of his I n life between 1852anOS932. Tlhe second of that graphip and enteritaining series of me(woirs of a war artist, by J,os.eph .ecker, "Special. for Leslie's?" ig. de voted to bhe sig of ?ers.br, snd embrages soispe tbrilling pietu,res. in eluding the. ezjnp of t,be fawolit a ipine. ASvag S. Soigthwot1p contrib Stgs p,er of extensive interest and es ynIge upon "Borses in Trade, Traffic 9 and Transportation," for which Pruett Share has drawn some spirited pictures a "A Study in Agriculture," b.y M. ~. ti Moore, late agricultug 9dIitor;. of the Atlanta Cone titjtip, ig an. accoupnt of the ligest dige;sified farm in the world, y that ofrthe Hon. James M. Smith1 of A Georgia. Other seasonable ilustrated tr features in this nn:nber of .4r,n/ Lje- SI lj' Mnat ly. are: "Grasses," e by Helen R. Rockwelli "Quar Inland at Seas,'by Rsie1R. (2rofut~ ' An In.. p land fisherman,"1 by Martha McCul-C looh Willlamsl and contributions by J. Varter BAeard. Tudor Jenks and J. g, Willim Fosick. 9 ITEMS, ITEMS, ITEMS. A ,!ournallstic Compress and a Code. of Ethics 14eded. To the Editor of The Newberry Her ald and News: When the printer Ben Franklin told his brother James, who tbbugbt of "starting" a paper some thing over a hundred years ago-and not a blanket sheet, either, by any means-that there was no need of it as here were already three of four papers n the United State8, be did not see ,brough his horoscope that Newberry ;own alone would have six to-day, and ;he United States sixteen thousand md over. I venture to say, Mr. Editor, bat of this vast number no two are dike in every particular; there being iornething of special interest in each. When one remembers that 30,000 new )ooks are issued every year, with ac ,umulating arts, sciences, matter and lata, with controversial strife, etc., it is asily perceived how very hard must >e the work to "grapple" and success blly "tackle" the daily drift upon this urging, swelling tide of journalism. I iave not forgotten when your paper vas printed in long primerleaded, now I t is in brevier type solid, two sizes mailer, and this will not suffice. What text shall it be? Pearl or brilliant,with microscope free to each of your sub- I cribei? or must you resort to steno raphic type and epigramatie writing? 1 We shall attempt to give your read rs a few items you may not have had ime to sift and rort, and we hand them n solid.with one "lead" between. 1 The growth of papers reminds one of he giant-like growth of the cotton crop vithin the rolling century. From seven ales-the first year's crop shipped to Pngland and seized by the Crown be ause it was too much cotton to reach Mtain in one year-to seven million t ales is a big jump, and yet the South a doubtless in the infancy of its cot on growth and manufacture. Why an't we reverse the order of things for t while and try a minimum crop for a a 2aximum price?.this would be applied I thics in agriculture-"or "the Chris ianity of farming," for the land would ave rest and larger food supplies-be ised for the people. A company of wealthy Germans will I itablish a colony of fruitarians in the e Sandwich" Island. They propose to absist upon fruit and water alone, and t ye in a semi-nude condition. A crank with plenty of money has j urchased a thousand acres of land in i lee County, Florida, where he pro oses to establish a colony of "an gls" -t -he, of course, to be the archange A !mple, octagon in shape and to eclipse ie Mormon temple, is to be built in g ie centre of this tract and from which )ads are to radiate in every diree on. Mr. Vanderbilt's magnificent North 'arolina palace will cost him, includ- r ig the groands, ten millions of dollars. a Miss Anna Gould's trousseau is to t )st the neat little sum of $1,000,000. 1 Vhile the Interest of the Gould estate icresses annually by the million more c aan they know what to do with, they C ave-not -love-of .cointr suffieft to Eiy a just tax to the government that 1 rotects them. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was presented y Mr. Astor with a girdle of rare gems, a i a wedding present, which cost about V ne million dollars. The San Francisco Chronicle is the d tbority for the, statement that 2di mn is to be eclipsed by an inventor hbo will combine the phonograph and E rpe-writer. ,Your spoken words are to I >me out printed in azpy language fi hich uses the Roman letter. The long distance "phone" is to con ect the Northern and Southern cities thf,e near future. Then' you can com tunicate with your friend by wire, ft tail or speech.3 Col. Breckenridge's attempt fora new 'al was un blushing. .de failed because ie bill of exceptions was brought too ste. Millions of money cannoc atone ~ ir the evil effects of the publication of a ist trial and to reopen It would be too t ad. It is time for a revision of both ir legal and journalistic codes. Monuments are to be erected to Miss ~ [ary L4. Yeargin, Dr. Smeltzer, late C resident Newberry College, and, to la enator Vance. There are evidences of anotherSepy c ~volt in India. England quelled the at rebellion by the terrible remedy of lowing the Sepoys away from the mnnon's mouth. In that uprising a osng English officer who had dead is removal to the bungaloo for saet' und, on reaching home, that n sautiful young wife had been stiangled 'ith a silken thread tied tighmtly around t er neck. The house was brilliantly ghted, the supper table in readiness, uit the place deserted. The young wile; a .egantly attired, stood motionless with p me hand upon the mantle and facing i me door in the silence of death. The, iread had buried itself in the lesh. t A National Farmers' &change, for >-operative purposes, composed of t :>out 8,000,004 (arazers, is spoken of. li ne of its proposed plansis to regulate 1: me prce of ceteals i.n this country in-d es4 of at Ip.iverpool. The British Liberals are losing and L ere is danger ahead for the House of v prd.s, The last thing the great Coin- a ioner Gladstone did beforeretirlng,was ta challenge the 'House of Lords to ow cause why it should longer exlst. ' Two thousand bushels of seed eorn aid eighteen hundred bushelas of seed J1 otatoes (Irish) were among the con- il ibutions to the colored Sea Island a ifferers by the Red Cross Society. , Chicago has a negro wi.h a phenoin :ml voice, or rtaher three voices. His ' orimal voice is baritone and t,he minor d olces are tenor and alto "the conso- a ant pro4uctions. Mf w 'ch depend pon his. wil? ap~d pwet of atanipulat ag thev.oca. co ".' Geore the State of marvelous de e1iments, hmaa a boy who generates 10 gs wbieh exades through his hair. n .fter a spell of illness the youth could8 eves tora perspire and the eombus on of gasses began with the abovte sault. t Bishop Paret, of Maryland, the old- o uL Episcopal Diocese in America, has 'j It called upon tA recall aome.of the urisbes of aidioceae to "lpving obe, ieree to canQnipal law and constitat ~ I autbority." They have inatituted 1p me confessional and are bairning in- s mse. Th.e diocese was estab>lished ina 504. The Rv. I. I. Smart, formerly of d ~ewbeiry, but now of Little Rock, ~ rk., says that Rev. Dr.Talmnage elec- IA ;ed that city recently where he 35 opped on his trip around the world. fter preaching to a crowded house on pjglag in Ashes," he went out on the eps and in the darkness preached ab r>werful sermen to 3,000 people who i >uld not get into the church. He told ~ em that although they could not seea tch other "there was uoeretheless a reat light' presente.the light of the U norp1nf th Sinn f God--WhiChh h made on the South Carolina an< Pacific because the board understooN that the market value of the road a any time would be six millions. The reductien on the Wilmington Columbia and Augusta Road and th increase on the Florence branch wa to Lry and even up the assessment oi that line. The largest concessions were however, made to the Richmond an( Danville people, as their Air Line wa reduced $2,000 per mile, and the Colum bia and Greenville $500 per mile an( the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusti $1,000 per mile. The assessments oi the Spartanburg and Asheville ani the Spartanburg, Union and Columbii were changed so as to get an averag( on the whole length of the line. It is said that the East Shore Termi. nal Road has made no return at all and while the asssessment was left th same as last year, the road it is said will be charged with $15,000 per mile by way of penalty. Many of che roads, as will be seen, were left the same as at present. The board has invited the representatives ol the lines to be present at the meeting of the board on the 9th if they had any protest to make. It is pretty safe tc say that the complaints will. not be aw general as they have heretofore been. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION did not hold its regular-meeting to-day, aR Chairman Duncan was engaged at the meeting of the State board of equal ization. The commission has not yet heard from the citizens of Pleasant Hill about the copy of the agreement it asked for some time ago. A Story of Frank Hatton. Having been brought up in the Methodist church, Hatton found him self as first assistant Postmaster Gen eral, subjected to many a religious "pull" from persons introducing them selves to his notice as members of the same communion, says Kate Field's Washington. One of these persons was a minister, who had not held a settled charge for several years, but had combined itinerant preaching with the duties of an Inspector tnder the postoffice department. When Hatton came in several surbordinate function aries were marked for removal, among others this one. He hurried about, and by one means and another secured let ters from prominent church dignitaries asking for his retention. He applied first to Postmaster General Howe, who turned him over to his first assistant, "I believe I have written you asking for yoqr resigibto?"~-iATd^Hatt~oD, quietly, in response to the visitor's in. troductory remarks. "You have, sir; and I am here to ask if you oannot withdraw your re quest on the strength of all these cre dentials?" "No, sir; I cannot. I have made up my mind, and you will have to go." The applicant assumed the most sol emn air and tone. "Brother Watton," paid he, "you are a Methodist, are you not?" "I certainly am," "And I am~ a preapber iu the Metho, :iist churcb. If you~ deprive me of this office the church all over the country will regard it as a studied inuslt and a deliberate blow at Methodism." "Ah, my friend, there you do our ehurch a gross injustice," answered Hatton, coolly. "iince I have been raised to one of the most prominent positions in this departipent I take it that the Methodists are satis#ed. They certaiqly would not ask for every thine; and. a I can serve the church better as $rst assistant postmaster gen gral than you can serve it as an in 'pector, you will have to get out, for [ shan't, Good morning, 8rother irmith?" The British pronunciations SinjiD, for St. John, and Sillinger for St. Leger, Lave not obtained a foothold in this ountry, but the British pronunciation af "Sinkler for St. Clair is heard in Dhio, where the name is common and the memory of St. Clair's defeat on the Miami in 1'791 is still a topic of stron~ local interest. A BEED EEN, 0.. July 21, 1891. MESSRS. LIPPMAN BROS., Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs-I bdught a bottle of your P. P. P. at Hot Springs, Ark.,. and it bas done me more good than three months' treatment at the Hot Spri, gs. Have you no agents in tbis 'a;'o the country,or let inelinos h'ow # will cost'td get'e b si: bo,ty es m your citybgegpre. Abpen Amwp County, 0. 19WNAN5TILLE, FLA., June 5, 1891. MEsSRs. LIPPMAN BRos. Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs-I wish to give my testi monials in regard to your valuable medicine, P. P. P., for the cure of rheu matism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, billious ness, etc. .In 1861 I was attacked with billious muscular rheumatism, and have been a martyr td' it'ever since.~I1 tried all medioines levei- heai-d of, and all the doctdrs in r ach,' but Z found onytiprr 'le; the paips were so badat times that' Idid ' not whether I livedor' d .' My dJeto.n becamesoi imp' ' ' .t,at eiertg *3 ate d,1sagrbed wi me. MIy wif La suffered' so 'ntapsMI with dyspepsia t'h'at her,life -i~a burden to her; she WOuld'be con ned to her bed for weeks at the time; she also suffered greatly from giddiness and lossof sleep. Some time in March I was advised to tak~ P. P. P., and before we (my wife nd 1 bad finished the negan~ bottl.e o.. P. P. P., our diggstg>n an to im prove. My 'pamt susi so mu.ch that i have been able to work, and am feeling li.ke doing what I haven't done before in' a number of years. V{e will continue taking P. P. P. until we a;e entirely cured, and' 'will cleerfugily recommend it to lsu@rjing humanity. Vours very resnectfully, brought and urged them then and there under the star-lit canopy to give their hearts to God. It is doubtful if I shall ever pr---ch to you again, but when friendt ;aparate they appoint a meeting pie.. I will meet you at tbe shining gait." Mr. Smartsaid that no one wb o in-sed the scene would ever forget ir. In order to hear Talmage at night m Mr. Smart's churcb, the people began coming in the afternoon while the Epwortb League was assem bling. The people are anxious to henr the Word of Truth. Fifty revival meetin'gs were *recently reported in New York City alone. G. BEATS COXET'S BOND PLAN. a Scheme for Isaing Noney to the People. Governor Tillman has received the 'ollowing racy lettcr which is quite timusing and novel in its conception: "ORANGEBURG, S. C., May 23, 1894. 'Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.: "DEAR SiE: I have read with interest he replies of yourself and Senator -But er to the questions propounded by the ;tate Alliance, and after a careful com >arison and study of the two papers It ,ives me pleasure to accord to you In qational politics that hearty support rbieh I have always given you in state politics. Your position is well aken and strong, and I feel confident hat you will win. "To my mind, there is one point yet o be settled-how to issue money to be people aftei the government makes L-and it is upon this point that I take he liberty of writing you. The free oinage of silver and gold will issue noney direct to the people of theWFest; 1'. he pensions will be a direct issue to I Yankeedom, but the South will kave no money issued to her except vhat little she gets by public improve nents. This puts "the landwe love' ,t a great disadvantage, as she will iave no money supply, except what omes to her in the regular channels of rade. "I write to suggest to your ma! urer adgment and experience a plan for the mue of money direct to the people, a lan that will know no North, nor outh, nor East, nor West. It is this ,et the government issue a pension. in reen backs (legal tender for all dues ablic and private) to every couple who ontraets the marriage relation; also a ounty of $10 (greenbacks) to the pa ants of every child born in wedlock. fter the enactment of these sugges ions into law. The effect of such a lair rould be marvelous. The volume of irculation vould expand with the in rease of porulation. New industries oald spring up. Jint stock comnan rould be formed for the manufacture. feradles, babycarriages,cottonf lapers nd soothing syrup. A greater.dmand rould be created for food and Wothing, ad there would no longer be any anger of over-production along these nes. Young people could then: pool - Lieir issues and go into a combine.for - ome production, withoutany dread ot nanciat cry-sis. Woman's suffrage routd no longer be a buraging question : nd labor would receive its recompense. Ivery woman would be a Tilimamite >rall time and the next generation of oung men would always be ready to o to Darling-town. "I submit the above, hoping it may meet with your approval. In conelu. on, I will say that I am not wedded -- athis plan, or anything else. You sy accuse me of having "an -axe to rind" by this scheme, but you cannot enviet me of the charge till the new - iw puts me to the test. "Wishing you a long career of suo-. ess and usefulness, I am, as ever, "Your ardent supporter, Artistic Cotton Gowns fee Idies. The materials for these gowns are be staple Scoteh ginghams, light reight Zephyrs, heavier Chambray nd the Madras cottons. The new atterns show small figures, 'corded nes, stripes and small dots. Some of be ginghams are more elaborate, and ave'interwoven white designs to 'mi i.te tamibour embroidery, raised silk or nen dots or stripes and some a crepe ke surface. Colors are light- and ainty. Their style of making is simi tr to that of the cloth dresses, and ery frequently the elaborate ginghams re shown with the dark colcr used as imming. Dimity muslin, too, is in - ogue this year, in striped and fancy atterns. The M,cDowell Fashion ournals from which these fashion :ems are taken, contain a great variety f models for the us,e of these materials. 'heir eoupon patterns, moreover, rhich are so popular, show many new esigns which are unique in point of rtistic taste, style and practicability. if these fashionable publications, "La lode de Parian and "Paris Album of 'ashion" cost only $3.50 each per year r 3.5 cents a copy. "Th'e French Dress iakez" is $&C00 per annum or 30 cents copy. "La Mode," a family journal rhich has no superior and no equal in ais country, only costs the trifling sum r $1.50 per year or 15 cents a copy. 'he three first mentioned publicatiot a 11er $1.00 worth of coupon patterne, ud "La Mode" fifty cents worth < f atterns asa premium for ayearly sub :ription. If you are unable to procure ny of these journals from your news ealer, do not take any substitute from im but apply by mail to Messrs. A~. [cDowell & Co., 4 West 14th Street, ew York. Most eoughs may be cured in a few ours or at any rate in a few days, by ae use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. fith such a prompt and sure remecy i this at hand, there is no need of pro uging the agony for weeks and konha Keen this remedy In, your