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Negro Labor Problem. ID YVeduesday's issue of The En? quirer, we suggested that if the experi? ment of introducing Negro labor ioto tbe cotton mills of the State should be tried, it would prove a success. Al? though, we were afraid of the result io other directions, we were influenced itt the opioioo by actual observation of a similar experiment, in the South Caro lina penitentiary. 1 We. were aware of the fact that there is a universal opin? ion to the effect, that the Negro could not be trained to u*e machinery of any kind-even such as is used on the farm -intelligently ; but were disposed to think that in this opiuion there was more or less predjudice. The discuss- j sion of the subject has brought to our | attention certain facts which, we think, will prove a valuable contribution just, ? at ibis juncture. Here are the facts just as they have come to us, and they may be taken as they are given : Down in Chester county, near Foit Lawo, there is a factory known as the j Cedar Shoals mill, lt was built by Captain O A. Barber and others some 10 years ago, when cotton manufactur? ing was at the zenith of its prosperity in this section. The plant consisted of about 1,600 spindles, and the first cost j was very close to ?30,000. possibly a few thousand dollars more or a few j thousand dollars less The mill has not turned a wheel for about three yrars and it is for sale for $10,000, or any reasonable amount io that neighborhood. Messrs. J B. Pegram and YV. R Car? roll, two Yorkville gentlemen who have the means, went down to Cedar Shoals one year ago for the purpose of looking at the property with a view to buying. They took along with them Superin? tendent Morton, of the Cloner mill, as an expert, and here is Mr. Pegram's story : .'We looked the property over well, found a good building, a splendid wa? ter-power, and every reason to believe that the earning capacity of the mill would warrant a purchase at the price at which it was offered. The machine? ry, however, had been badly used, and as the result of our investigations it was developed that tbe mill had been largely, if not almost entirely operated by Negro labor. A gentleman who was well acquainted with the histor" of the enterprise informed us, among the things, that the habits of the Negro spinners were very careless. Wheo a thread would break on a half filled spool, for instance, instead of tying it dr unwinding the yarn, the Negro spin ocrs would just pitch the whole thing j out of the window into the creek. 'I venture the assertion,' continued our ! informant, 'that if you would seine the I creek you would get something like a whole carload of spools that have been j throwD away by the Negroes io this j manner ' The whole surroundings presented tbe appearance of slovenness, j and although I would cot say that, the failure of the mill was caused by Negro labor, I would not bc surprised if that j did not have something to do with ir."' j "Superintendent Morton advised us ! to buy the plant, put in white labor and ! run it for what it was worth. He said that be felt like guaranteeing that we would get our money back in two years. Mr. Carroll was right in for making the ! purchase ; but I backed out. ? did not j discount the opinion of Mr. Morr?n; j but I was so impressed with the uniovit- ' ing surroundings, lack of educational ! facilities and civilized society, etc , that I decided that I would not move my j family down there for the whole outfit as a gift." So far as Thc Enquirer is able to j learn, this mill is still standing idle i and is awaiting a purchaser at .??ome thing like ?10,000 The original I owners have been thoroughly disgusted j with the result of their unlucky ven- i ture and do not seen) to have- the heart J to try again. After while, however, ' some shrewd business men will probably I go down and buy the property, repair 1 the machinery, put things generally in j decent shape again, employ white la- j bor, and make a ten strike. As* we suggested the other day, j nothing byt the hope of larger di vi- ! deods is likely to induce mill managers i to supplaot white with colored labor. In the light of the circumstances just related, we think capitalists will prob ably procv-ed in the the matter with at least a little caution.-Yo ri' ville En? quirer. BETTER THAN MA? CHETES. Washington, April 28.-Reports to | the United States Marine Hospital ser? vice from its agents in Cuba indicate chat the annual yellow fever scourge which is relied upon to aid the war of independence, promises to be excep- : tionally malignant this year among the i unacclimated Spanish soldiers. Dr. Caminero, the United States* sanitary i inspector, announces 40 deaths at San- j dago de Cuba for the week ending April ll. He says the reports are not ; very encouraging io other cities. In ! Santa Clara, for example, several native Cubans have died from it, and the cases ; of two negroes who took the fever aud j died have aroused the attention of all j the physicians, as it has hitherto been \ maintained that the colored race in Cu ba enjoyed a complete immunity from this disease. Smallpox continues to increase, and there are 25 cases confined in the small- i pox hospital, while there are manyfeases j in the town of which the physicians ! hear nothing about, as they are treated I by quacks and spiritualists of whom there are a large number in the city. Vaccination is still spasmodically practiced, but there are no means of procuriog vaccine except from Habana once or twice a week. Cuba Determined. San Francisco, April 26.-President Stair Jordan of Leland Stanford. Jr., university writes to the San Francisco | Cal! as follows : Palo Alto. Cal.. April 25 Some time ago I wrote to a friend i in Habana, ?s gentlemen of Spanish de- j scent ano education, an author very ! wt-ll km n in Habana, and withal a ' verv trustworthy man. asking him to tell'me what the real feeling of the intelligent classes of Habana was, in regard to the present insurrection. I inclo?e herewith a translation of a let? ter received from him. It seems to show-that the rebellion ii not a mere bandit outbreak of negroes and jailbirds, but the effort of the whole people to throw off the yoke of a govenment they j find intolerable. David S. Jordan Habana, April 17, 1896. Mr David S. Jordan, Palo Alto, Cal : Dear Sir : Ir ts to be regretted that as you say those of you who are inter? ested in the fate of this country have not a perfect knowledge of its present state. Great ruin and much blood must be sbed to attain wha* now seems likely to be attained, but it is never too late for the good. ? can give you an idea of what the really intelligent Cubans think of the present movement. I have,heard the opinions of the most distinguished persons of the city, per? sons who by education and from ?sense of honor, are incapable of falsehood. They have given tesfimony, one each without knowledge" before and after what the other has said. It seems to me therefore that I can reply to your inquiries with authority 1 The insurrection was begun and is kept up by Cuban neople. 2. The government oas made colos? sal and unheard of efforts to put it iown. bringing agaiost it a force of 150,000 armed men, and resorting to all possible measures of prudence and resource, but bas not succeeded io di? minishing it. It has extended from he extreme east to the extreme west ind is everywhere maintained. 8. The flower of our youth is io the irmy of the insurrection. In its ranks iu maoy physicians, lawyers, drug? gists, professors, artists, men of busi? ness, engineers, etc. By the excellent jonsular service of the United States :he fact may be proved if it is not al? ready known. 4. The insurgents begao by destroy ng their own property, in order to de Drive the troops of the government of shelter and sustenance. 5. Destruction is carried on by bo'h ?ides, by the insurgents on the much /realer scale. 6. Let it be understood that the in? surgents will continue in the course un :il ?hey fulfil their purpose, carrying ill before them by fire and blood. 7 All eyes are directed toward the lorth, to the republic which is the oaother of all" Americans. 8. Tbe people of the United States >houid bear strongly in mind now as I oever before that profession is nuil and void if action does not confirm it Wise tuen like ourselves know this best nf all. Five of theXJiclander Leaders Receive Sentence. Pretoria, April 2S -rive of the i leaders of the National Reform com- ; tnittee who pleaded guilty of high j treason yesterday including Jchn j Hays Hammond, the American mining j engineer, were condemned lo death at j this forenoon's sitting of the court'.' Col. Francis Rhodes, brother of Cecil : i Rhodes, ex-premier of the Cape Col- j ony ; Lionel Phillips, George Farrar j and Chas. Leonard are the four leaders j who. with Hammond, were sentenced i to death. Phillips, Rhodes and Farrar pleaded i guilty cf high treason on Friday last ; and Hammond, who was iii and not in : court on that day, made a similar plea. : Tiiis course, it was thought, would have ' the effect to mitigate ?bc severity of their sentence, bur. it. turns out that it: did not. Counsel for the defense yesterday read a statement to the court signed bv ! Hammond. Phillips. Farrar and Col. Rhodes, admitting that they had asked 1 Dr. Jameson to go to Johan oesbur*-/, but '? deploring his mistake it: entering the I Transvaal and marching on Johannes? burg when there was no urgent need , for his presence. They maintained j that their action throughout was not hostile to the government. The statemer-it also enumerated the grievances of the Uitlandcrs, and elabo? rated reasons to prove that the actions of the committee were nothostiie te the republic. Regarding Dr. Jameson'.?; | raid, tho statement declared that when j the committee learned certain facts it ! sent on Dec. 27 two messengers, Major \ Heany by rail and Captain Holden \ across couotry to forbid Dr. Jameson to j move. ? Among the members of thc reform commiittee who were sentenced to? day, are four Americons-Captain Mein, chief engineer of the Robinson Gold Mining company ; Victor B. Clement, assistant consulting engineer of the Consolidated Gold Field Mining j company ; J. S. Curt!", a wealthy min- i ng engineer, who is well known in New i York, and a Mr. Lawly. They were 1 each sentenced to pay a fine of ?10,000, undergo two years' imprisonment and j then be banished from the Transvaal for three years. The above di'spatch does not in one respect, agree with the advices received from Pretoria last night, in which it was said thar, the trial of Mr- Curtis had been postponed until the nest session of the court. To days' dispatches show as h^ was sentenced, he must have appeared with the other defendants and pleaded guilty. TE LE GRAPHIC ITE Bi S. April 30. Al! of the business district of Crip? ple Creek, Co! , was burned yesterday Fifteen people were killed and many others injured. 'The statue of Father Marquette, placed by the State of Wisconsin in the national hall of statuary in the cap? itol was yesterday officially presented to and accepted by the senate. Eulo? gies of the good priest were pronounced9 by the two Wisconsin senators-Mitch? ell and Viias-and by Mr. Kyle and by Mr. Palmer. The death spnU-nces on the Trans? vaal raiders have been remitted, but the punishment to be inflicted has not been fixed. The oholera is still carrying off the hogs. Mr. Thomas Ratterree has lost 55 out of 65 and Mr. George Cowan 10 out of 12 -Rock Hill Herald. Governor Evans yesterday received an invitation from the governor of Ten? nessee requesting him to attend the celebration of the lUOth aniversity of the establishment of that State, togeth? er with ibis staff and as many of the soldiers and ci vi 1 liaos of South Carolina as can come. All are assured of a hearty welcome. Fire broke out io one of the Green? wood Cotton Mill warehouses Tuesday night, but was extinguished before more than $1.000 damage was done. More than ?3,000,000 in gold will be shipped to Europe to morrow. C. S. Boyd, a professional swindler who bas been fleecing business men in Columbia and other towns in this State has been arrested by detective Holland, of Columbia. Electric Bitters. Electric .Bitters ia a medicino suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. 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" W k S. Juc Ar. Sumter, y ?O 9 45 10 10 ?0 43 I i 10 11 30 II 55 '.2 21 12 30 ~2 * a m a m a rn a m a tn a m p m P m p m p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. 73* Leave hinter, .; W.&S.Jonc. '; Tindal, <; Packsville. " Silver, ?? Millard. ;< Summerton, " Davis, " Jordon, Ar. Wilson Mill, 2 30 p m 2 3 J p ra 2 50 p m 3 10 pm 3 35 p m 3 45 p m 4 40 p m 5 20 p m 5 50 p m 6 30 p m Trains between Millard and St. Paul leave Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m , arriving St. Paul 10 25 a m and 3 55 p tn. Returning leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 pm, and arrive Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Dai? ly except Sunday. *Daiiv except Sunday. THOMAS WILSON Predsient Gin Repairing. IAM PREPARED to thoroughly overhaul, repair, and sharpen Gins and guarantee to put same in first class order. Work at? tended to anywhere in the country and orders by mail will have prompt attention, if addressed to me at Sumter, S. C. Satis? factory references given in desired. Feb* 19. W. F. JONES.