The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 05, 1898, Image 1
VOL. LIL WINNSBORO, S.C., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5, 1898. NO. 22. H
OUR SCHOOLS.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
CF EDUCATION.
Int?r estirg IsIoimttlOF About School! acd
A A?A Avr*?
?.a. w?j, J
Figure* Cc31?d from tfco Court/ sfcp*rintcndenu'
Reports,
The annual report of Superintendent
of Education Mayfieid has been
w prepared ana turned over to the pub
lie printer. The report gives in con
Bwdensed form ail the information about
*^^education in the State and it is of special
interest to the public irrview of
the increased school tax and the
change from one system to another.
In his report Mr. Mayfield says:
A special effort has been made to
gather' the data for a report 'which
would show fully the school work
done in the State during the year, and
the condition of the schools at this
time. * +
E5R0LLHE5T
Table No. 1, sao^a the enrollment
for the fear to be as follows: White
males 61,701, female? 57 326, total 119
027; colored males 66 816, females 72.
340 total 139 156; total males 128,517
females 129 666, graud total 258183
This is an ircres.se over last year of:
White males 5,216, females 4.652. to
tal 9,868; colored males 7,210, females
8,768 total 15,978; total increase of
males 12 426, females 13,420, grant,
total 25,846 The ear oilment of 258,
183 is the largest in the history of the
public schools of the State- The large
increase is due, in part, to the increase
in population and, in part, to the increase
in the leDgth of the school ses
sion, the latter being the result of the
i?i<nAaH> i*? <o?Qtinn frtp c/>hnnl nnran
ses. There is stillalarge number of
children who do cot avail themselves
of the educational advantages offered
them; all wiJl never do so unlets com
pelled by law.
EXPENDITURES.
The tc'ial tzpendnures in operating
the schools for the year amount to
$697 068 06. an increase of $124 430 82
over the amount spent last year this
increase is not altogether due to the
increase in the levy for school purpo
s?s. Last year was limited by law to
eight months and all of the money for
that year was not spent.
FURKITUBE A5D APPARATUS
The reports si>ow tfce school fumi
ture and apparatus to be valued at
$84,177.73. an increase of $9,524.40
over last gear's valuation.
" SCHOOL HOUSES.
One hundred and fifty three school
houses wtre built dunt:g the year at a
total cost o 1 $22 728 93 This ii the
largest number of houses built in anj
one y??r, except the year 1895, io
which 2C6 were built There teem* to
be a gradual improvement in the class
of houses erected, but there is still
much rooiffor improvement along
this line. The bouses should be msde
more comfortable and attractive and
should be supplied with more and bet
tt?r furni ure and school apparatus.
There were used during the year for
the white schools 2 423 hou*?, of
?'Which the State owes oniy 1.750 val
(""C" ed at $426 523 19, leaving 673 House*
used for white schools not owned by
^U&e_Sta:.e._
There ^ere uwd for the colored
W Bchools 1 766 bouses, o which the
H Sta'e owns onlj 972 v>lu*d at $116,K
156 06, leaving 794 houres used for
Sf colored schools noi owned by the
The total nu mber of houses owned
w by the State is 2,722, valued ai $549.
V 679,25, an averag- v*lue of nearly $200
m each. It is reasonably certain that
very many of tha houses owned bT.
I the Stare are worth much leas than
$200 each. The State should own the
houses for ail of ter schools, and it is
tn h? that this will bft the case
in the near future, to which end ?f
fort will be made during the next
year.
TEACHERSThe
State board 01 education has
been criticised for the high grade o*
questions submitted for the examina
ticn of applicants for twchers. The
justice, or injustice, of these criticisms
can be determined or' 7 by general rt
suits. I, therefore, call your e?p-cial
attention to table No. 10. ExumiDa
tion cf this table will show tb&t 777
first-grade white male teachers were
employtd during the year at an aver
age monthly salary of $33 33 tach, at
ii cre*se of 121 ot this class of teachers
over that of any previous year; 284
second grade white male teachers wtnemplojed
at sd average monthly s?l
ary of $24 28 each, an increase of 15 in
this cl??*; 100 third grade white male
teachtrs were employ t-d at an average
monthly salary oi $20.10 each, a decrease
of 4 in this class; 1,254 first
grade white females at as average
monthly salary oi $44 76 eaco (the low
salaries in a few counties reduced the
average salary of this gradf ) an in
create o? 66 in this class; S7o &econdIrsde
white females at an average
Ipnthlj salary of $23 96 each an m
Ease of 20 in this class; 138 third
rade white females at an average
[oQihJy salary of $28 each, (of the
58 Charleston cou- iy had 48 at an
freiage salary of $39 which increased
be gtneral average.) an increase ot
l in this CiSlsS. It will be ohservec
fihat the greatest incxeasta appear it
the highest class. The above figures
show that thtre were employed in tbe
white schools 2,031 first, 653 second
and.238 third-tirade teachers.
Tablt No. 11 shows increases in the
colored teaching force as follows:
First Grade, males 20, females S3 {
second grade, males, 82. females 118;
thiro grade, maiet, (decreastd) 17
females 40. There were a total of 586
firht, 812 second and 627 third grad
c 1-ed teachera employed during the
year.
iiiis showing indicates that the education
of the chilcren of the State is
placed lii tbe hands of competent in
structors, as a ruie, atd that the un
qualified criticisms of the teachers o?
vne puonc snoeis, 100 oiten to oe seeo
in the public pies*, is unjustifiable,
and that the purpose of the Stat*
board Las beta to provide vrell qualified
teachers for ail of the public
schools.
LENGTH OF SESSION.
I call aiitnucn to ;te iabits snowies
the number of months the school.wert
in st?8iOB is each of the counties
duricg the 3 ear. By p'aciBg th*
names of the counties in tne order ot
the length cf senior, the longest first,
we have the foilowii.g:
Whites. Colored. At erase.
Newberry 6.60 6.60 6 50
AbberiLe 6 30 6 SO 6 30
Greenville -6 00 6 00 6 00
Sumt?r 6 50 5 50 6 00
Richland 6 30 5 40 5 85
York 5 60 5 00 5 30
Anderson S 00 4 60 5 25
9^2.
Georgetown 5 11 5 11 5 11
Chester 5 29 4 35 4 28
Charleston 500 4 50 4 75
Darlington -.5 17 433 4> 75
Marion .5 00 4 50 4 75
Laurens 4 50 4 5l) 4 50
Spartanburg 4 90 4 10 4 50
Orangeburg 5 27 3 25 4 20
Beaufort -4 (X) 4 00 4 00
R rtn a no 4 00
? w ~ ? ?
Fairfield 4 84 3 17 4 00
Florence ~4 00 4 00 4 00
Kershaw - 5 00 3 00 4 00
Union -4 00 4 00 4 00
Oconee 4 80 3 10 3 95
Clarendo* 4 40 3 40 3 90
Marlboro 4 25 3 50 3 87
Lexington 4 70 2 90 3 80
Lancaster 4 09 3 50 375
Barnwell - 3 66 3 66 3 66
Chesterfield -3 75 3 00 3 37
Williamsburg ..3 23 3 03 3 13
Aiken 300 3 00 . 3 00
Colleton 4 00 2 00 3 00
Pickens 4 00 2 09 3 00
Saluda -8 00 3 00 .3(0
Horry ?2 50 3 00 ' 2 75
Berkeley -2 25 2 08 2 16
Hampton ~2 00 2 09 2 00
T&e above order tnsy EOtbe extctl*
fair inasmuch as the proportion or
white and colored schools is not the
Mtme in all the coantiae. In many of
the counties there are long term
scferolt which increase the average
length of ae*s:on much be^o* d what
it would be if only the country school
were clawed together.
HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES
Ttiere are, including both wnue >nd !
colored, 98 high schools and academies
in the State. Sixty-one for whit-#:
made reports showing an enrollment
of 5 504 pudiIs. 72 buildings valued at
$16,450,166 teachers, and an average
lession of 8 52 months; 7 for colored
reported showing an enrollment of
1 804 pupils, 20 ouildings, valued at
$100,000 ; 50 teacher* and an average
session of ei& ht months. (See ta bular
I *tatement)
GRADE) SHOOLS.
There are 60 grad* d schools in the
State; only 31 of these reported T^e
reports show an enrollmt-nt of 12 954
white and 11.005 colored pupils, 299
white and 80 colored fc*?che>-s. 65
buildings valued at $417,150. and an
average session of 8.53 months.
OOLLKGES
There are four Suie colleges for the
education of the white rac*, one for
the colored, and the institution for the
deaf and blind with separate bui'dings
tor tao races, ine wmte co: iege?
show an enrollment of 1,112 pupils,
81 teacheis, 81 buildings. building
and grounds valued at $692 600 (exclusive
of Clemson's bundi&gs and
grounds), fire libraries ontaioing
40 500 volumes, valued at $60 750: and
average session of 9 4~ Toombs.*, the.
institute for the deaf and the blind
oeing included in these figures The
colored college shows an enrollment
of 1,033 pupils, 32 teachers, 10 buildings;
building and gronnds valu-d a$84,000.
and an eight months session.
Tbere are 20 private colleges fcr
white*. The retorts of these show an
enrollment of 2 703 pupih, 186 teach
ers, 88 buildings bui'dii<gs and
grounds valued at $836,500 lar*e and
l LK T-t I- - J
vaiuacue nonrirs aiu au avciago:
sratfon of nine months.
There are three private colored col
leges. The reports of these are not
full, but tbej show an enrollment of
1.191 pupils, 38 buildings, vsJur-d
$234 000, and the- libraries crot&ii>ine:
4 300co!umes, valued at $4,000 (See 1
tabl?-?. for full and important in^orma-1
ion)
TKACHBBS INSTITUTES,
Teachers itsmuies for white trac'*1
era ^ere hel- in 29 counties, and iu 26
'or colored teach- r*. Ubese institute*- ;
were well received by the t^ach-rs
aod people of the S ate, as is sho *n bj
:hc report* of the directors and lec
turf rs published in the body of this
A. fT\1 i. 4.^ I
report, me mercpi wiu maue to
present to the teachers the b?st me^h
odt of teaching and of school gove nmrst
We were unable to conunu*
the iusiitutes longer than one werk,
except in three instances, O^e we- k
is not sufficient for the best work. If
is the opinion of the directors thrt
*bey should continue for two weeks.
Tbis would give sufficient time in
which to present the leadngand mo>t
important subjects in a fairly satisfac
tory manner
SCHOOL HISTORIES.
Much has b^cju written and publish^d
on the subject of us'ng Uaited
States history in our schools whicb ere
unTavoraoie 10 tne soutn. .r or Tear ma
these publications may have caufr-d
some member of your honorable tx>dj
to think that the State board cf educa
tioD adopted for use ia the public
schools an objectionable and unfair
history I beg to inform you that Han
*fr-l)'s histories and Montgomery's B
iitners' history were adopted by thai
board, and t^at no other history i?
authoriz d to be usrd in any puoJic
school orer which tnat board has ju
-iadiction Montgomery's Beginner*'
history wa? meant to be used more as
a reading book 'or primary puni s
than as a history. Other histories are
used in schools of this State, o^r
which that b< ard bas ao jurisdiction.
LIBRARIES?
I have already spoken o' the Jibra
ri"s in the colleges of ih6 Stale. Manv
of our beat graded and common
schools are prevented from doing the
very best work for lack of libraries
It would co?t no considerable sum of
money to provide these schools witb
suitable libraries and the monej necessary
for this purp?*?e could not be bet
rer spent. Only 17 graded schools re
port libraries, aggreea-ing 8,188 volumes
and raluedai $4,095. A. number
o' high schools also report libraries
The sooner the youth of tee Sut<are
taught to property appreciate a
iibrary the better it will be for tbem
and the best way to impress this les
son on them is to provide the library
and encoura*? the us* of it.
SCHOOL CENSUS.
The iaw doea not provide for the
1.1 i _ m?
uajtiuif ui a cc3uui census. ids cd
rollment and average atteodajsce of
pupils attending school are required 10
oe reported. Each year's report show*a
stead j increase in these Tho l*w
should also require the school cecsus
to be taken ana reported each yea*
This would enable tbc- school autaori
\ies to determine whtt^er or LOi *
greater percentage of cur children *rteach
jear ent*r:> g our schools.
ILLITERACY
1R6 umtta oiaiej> commissioner o
education reports the illiteracy of tins j
Stale a* behind greater than that 01j
as j other State or Territory excep; (
Louisiana. That the pezeentsge of il
literacy in this State is great cat not
be disputed, and taat there is a reason !
able explanation for it is true, but ? a1
it *hcuid be reported as. being 45 p: ?
cent., and greater than that o: aaj
o-htr State or territory, save on*
State, -which is placed at 45 8, is an
unenviable position fcr the Siate to
occupy among the sisterhood of Spates.
TVim r\t?rvftnta.iA rtf il titpra/'t r?f
|?|il .'"'
the North Atlantic States is 6.57; of
tbeScni^h Atlantic States ( n whirh
group Scuth Carolina fce'^f?) 26 23;
of the fout^ cartral States 23 34; of trie
nortH cprur-il ^{a:ej 5 44; of the west
era States 11 01.
AMOUNT PAID PER CAPITA.
According to:h- United States commissfoBer
of education's repnr*-, South ;
Carolina pavson'y 42Cfciits perancuro i
per capita of population, tb? smallest
amount oaid by any St '.te or Territory
in the Union; tb<- s'x highest b? ir-gVTss*schu^et?s
$3 31: N" >rth Dafcota,
$4 02; S ?uth Dsk"'a $4.21; Col^ado,
$4.49;N vada. $a 72; California $4 39
Pin- same report alsosbo^s that Sou'b
Carolina s-pends the least average
amount per pupil of anv^State or Ter
ritory in tbeUaion. H--sv(rsge expenditure
per t'uoil was $3 29 The average
-xpeudiiures of tfce S'atesa&dj
Territories per pu?il were ss follows:]
South Carolina, $3 29; North Carolina, j
$3 40; Alabama. $3 58; "Permease-" $4
(55; tfifsissiooi $6 28; Ge<""via. $6 42;
A*feAT s<s. $7 38; JVxa*. $8 79; Virginia,
$8.92 Oxichi ma, $9 41; L -uis'wna,
$9 S<3: Florida $10; C lorado, $10 89;
W< st Virginia $11 62;Kentucky $12
"* *" - - a-?o r?fk r\ i ai o Art.
YO; ot'ss uri. c>6\\j jaware, *>io
Mxice, $18 88; Wasfcirgton, $18 98;
Mary>ard, $19 04; $19 30;
Kansas, $'-9 46; I: d*na. $20 16; Ore
$20 99;0''o. $2106; sin,
$21.2:'; T-a^o $21.92; U*b, 22.56; Ver
trot ' $22.82; I * ,$22.93: P.-nnfrjlv*
$24 37; Illinois, $25 40; New Jersey,
$26 48, Wyoming, $26 80;0onrecticut.
$26.87; Ne?* Y -rk $27 65; D'strict of
Columbia, $28 09:lrz->n?. $29 71;VIin
n*sot?, $29 97; S ->'h D*k <ia. $31 03;
Rhode ?>Ja&ci, $33.20; North Dakota, j
$33 48; Masj-?cr?u<-e.ts $33 98; Califor I
nia $34 30; M ntan? $36 32; Colorado,
38.42; Nevada, $40 25,
LOCAL TAX.
The general law under which a
special tax may be levied r eeds to be
amended. One meeting of thecit z ns
?nd one vote on the question is J
Annuch Th?- counts audit r delivers
bis tax public^es to ih? omaty treasurer
du-ing tbe month of July of each
year. A special tax must be voted before
June 30, to be f,ut on the tf-x duplcate
Usually arrangements are
made during the summer for schools:
for tbe following year The law should
pe-mit a tax voted duritg the summer
to be placed on a special duplicate and
the tax to i> collected in the fail of
toat year, or it should pQrmit such tax
to go on tbe tsx duplicate for the next
yearai d the tax to b>- collected, along
with ibe regular county and State
tax-s. By making the chanees here
mentioned would be, most likely, a
great increase in the number of school
d?5iJ?icts levying a sDtcial tax. "Tr.'ere
q-?h? rinpo RS Ipcinc a s,nft<v?l
t*x.
STATE AID
The Sta?e aid us ih schools must be
denvrd r >*r? the income fro-n the dis
pj-nsary or from a S^ata 'ax levied for
sea <cl purport d The State aid is in
tended uj tne crrStitu'ioQ to be so dis
tribut'd as to tq i&iiz-i ail of thecoun
u^s N ? set ptiogr to coverali
o? the details of such a distribution
could b* safely pi*s*-d A p'ain simple
act directive the distribution to be
a?adr by the Stata board of education
so as to tqt?a.lize the counties w- uld
secu e t^e e:?d desired - i:h the gre -t
est- facility ?t?w-h? friction. **
PISPWNSART FUNX*
I sm in'or-ij- d oy t -< Si te board of
control tb&t they h*ve p^id into the
r.i <ssn
OWX b c UJJ CUUIU' v VV/ ?W?
school purposes ai:d expect *o pay, dui*ioi
J?EU .rj text, an addiii ?* sua*
of $20 OuO. Th~ Sa e oard of td ?c?t:o
will meet duriDjj the first ^eek i.-i
J a: Ua-J, fcPCJ tak^kOinniiC imi in ivfrrwnee
to this mon^y I supp se it will
be d-'striru ed -iCDong ue counties in
accordance with toe calcul -,t"-us of tx
Ooo pt?* ;Her Gerj-ra! J*eje> N >rtou a?
to the $3 per capita defieief-cv, his es-:
liirate oeiBi? that t^e mcoate from the
dispensary this year would yield asum
>ut?cieit t > ra'se, on pro?.n;r distribu
tioo, ea;-h C JUQtv to the $3 per capita
jequirenjeiit, which rendered the levy j
ii tr af an extra tax bv him unnece*&a
ry
Th?-re should be some legislation!
emp^ing thf- State board o? education
to distribute among ibe counties any
future income from the dispensary for
school purtose
normal training.
The Wiuinru;j Nurcuai and Indus
trial col ley e bas all the students it can
web >ccomorfaU>; the normal classes
*re full, and eac>i y^ar this insti'Utiou,
it is expec^d, wili continue to prepare
ar.d send forth rnauy young women
specially trained f>>r teaching.
The law has provided for a normal
course in South Caroliua college, and
wo scholarships from each county
hwe b<-en created, open ooly to youn^
aien The <>nl> value attached to tb^t I
M-UU11191U P J a a liUil ' A'VUUU VI IU.I
lion and annual tees from the holders.
The normal d?-Dartmentof this college
is ^ell organized and doing splendid
work Since it is pes lb'e to induce
others o take the normaicourse bv iD
creating the liUttibtr of scholarships,
atd since the college is bo* op^n to
both men ard won.en, it would be ad
visable to iDceafie the number of nor
m? 1 scholarship* ia this institution
and to open thtm to both men and
won en
Tnere-'arf a nun^er of high grade
unvate coJiegt-s it- this btate, eacn o*
wBich has its friends, admirers ana
*upporkrs, and many yourg men arid
^utnen are being annually well instructed
at these institutions, some of
srriocu teach in oar puohc scnoois Tne
Jaw now rt quires a full college diploma
before a certificate to teach can b-j is
sued on a diploma. It would be weJi
to rt cognize the diplomas of such of
ihece colleges as may provide a nor
rnal course ai>d eo-.fer the degree of
licentiate of instruction. B> so doing,
an ii ducement ^ ill betff-red totbose
colleges to provide normal courses for
hos^ of th ir pup Is who d-t>ire to
teach For tbis purpose the mmin
of j Ka i n
i KJl VU OUUbllU W 1U
cludtd
Tco much can:iot be doDe to promote
t->>cfcer training, and tbe State boar"
of education should be fully empower
rd to secure ifce coopti&'.ioi, if possible
, of ail of those institutions aloi g
mis line, with power to coafer scholar
itips.
SCHOLARSHIPS.
There arem^nv )ouo< m-.n and women
v-ho complete- with distinction
me cour>es o-' study i^ trie gradedano
ni?Q schools and whose education
et ase* with their w.rk ii? the^e schools.
i! tbe Siaie board o: education were
pertuii'td to erant scholarships to tile
j-raduates oi highest cia^s standing in
tb^Ss iciiools, the turner and value
of ihe scholarships to tedet, roaiced hv
that Do^rc. iiifc tendency Wi.uid Oe to
is prove ihe scholarship iu these
schools, to induce pupil* to remain uua
1 li ey {dr^QUiite, to improve soait
*iih a, coljc^iiis cduc.-tijii who oihcr
wise could not oh win it, and to in-.
crease attendance at all o' the colleges
of the State
INDUSTRIAL OR MANUAL TRAINING.
We are now without specially trailed
irstructors totak* charge of industrial
or mar;ual courses in our schools; but
there &re amoDp us those whose general
aptitude and scholarship would
enable tbem to take up this line of
work, and with special studv ar?d practice
they would become prcficient in
it. This work cculd be introduced into
irany of our best schools with profit
tc m*r.y of the pupils
Most of the schools are without sufficient
room for such work, and are
taught by teachers whose attempts at
instruction along this line would
amount to absolute loss of time and
; mor ey. A proper outfit for this work
[would cost more than many of the
school houses of tfc*: 8tate hav? cost.
I Until there is mire money for the
j schools, better houses with more ronm,
! and teachers prepared to give instruc!
tion, it cannot become general and it
is, theretore, u iwi>e to make a gen
eral atten.pt at it this time. TJae?c
are, however, schools in the 8tate.
where it could be profitably introduc-d
i at once. I doubt if there is aDy au
i thority, as the law now stands to pur
chase an ou;fit for such work. The
trustees, under the suvjerrision of the
c uity board of education, should ^e
g.yen the authority to make such purchases.
REFORMATORY.
Instead of attempting at this time
the establishment of a reformatory for
youtlful criminals, asbasbeen sug
j jested I suggest the passage of an act
! prohibiting children from remaining
' A A# /ki^-TAn fAnr^e cftfi*
| Uii lUC 31JL Cd<3 OJUU bUTTilO HikVi
a specified hour, except when attended
by an adult, or provided with a special
permit.
ARBOR DAY.
There should be oae day in each
year set apart for tree planting, and
a general observance of this day by all
-of the puolic schools of the State
thould be required Children should
be taught to place a proper value on
shade and ornamental tress. The
school grounds, many of which are
now without trees and wholly unimproved
and uninviting, nould be
beau1 ifiid and rendered attractive and
pleasant. I suggest that the third
Friday in November of p* ch year be
desiccated as harbor dav"-~ * * *
REPORTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
Tile rep- ris of tne Stale institutions
of higher learning aie submitted with
this report as is now required by law.
TV* Miklnls ofatomantft r\f
1U pu fc/jirxj. buu xwvi_u I4tV \ gvdnvuivuMi v*
all of these institution wouM be ex
pensive. .1 have filed iD my office the
itemized statcis^2i2 of such of them,
as have furnished them and publish
only the totals under their reauectiv6
heads or subdivisions The ifc-miz-sd
statements are 8ubj*t to inspection
by any one aod of course abo to jour'
orders Should you desire them
printed the work can be done after
you arrive.
The reports show all of the insti'u
tions to be in excellent condition and
set forrh their needs R ference to
tnefce reports should b? made fo?* full
i fo?ma nncoDcerningt seirco'dition
i and demands. Re?p*-c-.ruJly eubmitted,
W D. W-tjfi-ld,
State Supe rintendent of E iucarforu
Eu!>be;y Sesr Xewbirry.
| A dispatch from Newberry says a
L ? .? , , .
me-ebant of tbat Diace h<ts exp^riI'DC-xl
a regular wild Western ro>
I bery Wednesday about dusk, while
j Sravi'lliag in a ouggyon his way home
I fr.-m S^uda County, whither De went
last 3atu;d-y to convey his brother to
bis ''atn^r's noma. Mr. Joaa R Ruff
was accosted by two men, about t*o
and a naif milts from Newber-v, in
U>e pubiic road, aod relieved of $76 in
ess1!, his watch, bis keys and ail his
p cket tr:? k^'s J ist as be had crossed }
i Roc*y Creek t*e highway m'-n emerged 1
from the :oadside, aad, while one pre
seated a pistol at his breast, the other
man went through his pockets The
road at ths place of the robbery de
scolds a steep hill and makts a. sharp
dtflrction as it crosses the cretk, which
emerges from thick undergrowth, af
fording an ideal opoi for theex-cudon
of such a plot. He made no resistance,
and could not tell whether the high
way men were woite or black, out
things tne men wore disguises.
A Job for 3ozn> body.
The United States civil service com
mission announces that on February
5, 1898, an examination will be held
at Charleston, 3 C? t<> fill a vacancy
io the position of fireman in the Fede
ral building in this city, at a salary of
720 Der annum. The ex-tu.ioaiioi;
-vill c <csisr of a wry liirht educa ioa il
te*t, together wi h practical ques
tior>p, and in addition th-reto, applicant*
will be graced upon a*e, *xprneuce
and intelligence, character *8 a
workman ai d physical ability. Persons
desiring to enter tl i? examina
?ion should write to the secretary of
tf'ft board of examiners at tne Postoffice,
at C >arle*ton, S. C., for appli
cctnoa bUi>ks Forms 304 and 394,
wh;ca sh< uld be properly executed
and promptly rtturnei to the commissi
?n at Washington, D. C. No ap
pi-c tioi s *iii be accepted a'ter me
h.>ur of closing bussiuts* on Fecrvr y
2 1898
A. S-w Way Co Coll-CC.
An tx-Savannahian, W. M. Raiford
bow a resident o' Cocbran, Pulaski
county, Gd., and Robert Courson, o
'be same p ace, created considerable
xcileuient in the writting room of the
Bro wn Hou&e at Macon, Wednesday
eight Raiford claimed that Courson
owed him monev and went in with a
double barrel ed shotgun to make him
disgorge. He forced Courson to give
him ail t*~e money he had and drove
nim to his boarding house with his
gun to make him take off % pair of
shoes wbicb Raiford claimed as his
property. Courson obeyed all ord-rf
meekly. He bas been overseer for T.
L Hendrick, Raifoid s brother in-law
at Cochran, the latcer claims he came
? .i u a
ijy IjU? axi'jw ?uu cum m tui irrojiuiai
manner. The action of the iwo mei>
caused considerable comment in the
huicL
Frozen tu the Suae.
A row beat containing four men
'rcZ'-n and uncontcious, washed upon
R>cka*ay beach Wednesday. The
aicn s feet were frozen fast to the bot
torn of the boat. They were carricc
to a hotel, put to bed and restoratives
administered. After four hours care
they recovered so far as to explain
iflai ihe.y had hired a row boat from a
iishtrL-.an and had lost the otrsaLd
or! Hion ut t.h? rr>c*'<fa nf the crirwi ar.fi
waves ail nignt. It is probably they
a'.l will recover. Their namts are
Jusepk Day, B B. Biack, James R>ot
a; d George Meetz^er, of New Yors.
City.
CLEMSON COLLEGE,
THE ANNUAL REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
No H?m B-?nlted From Slckncgs?TUe
Komb?? of Srarfenrs lac rosaed- Financial
Statement-Trusteed Report.
The annua! reDort of the trustees
asd pro essors and irarasers o? the
various d<je2rtmwnti of Cl-mson College
hfes bef -i received bv t-e sunprin
tendent of eduction. The -vein's for
trie year amount to $58 067 62. ard
the exoense account * ?< $54 293 0.6,
leaving a balance o' $-3 774 57 after
pa^ioe ^XDepses of collection refund
ing $10,000 to the state treasury and
some other excesses thp. privilege tax
netted the college $-42,058.29
In the exoe^se account the la^e^st
expenditures were for .salaries. $8 458
38; mechanical department. $8,792 40;
ag-icuitural d'p^r'ment rep-irs aud
r.< instruction. $7,144 81; caoet labor,
$3 262 84 Th** total number of stu
dents is 337 Tbe following is the re
port in detail:
R-ceipts for *be year 1897, ending
D-cemb?-r 31, 1897
Balance on hiind 474 40
Interest on Cit-mson t* quest 3 512 36
Land script fund 5 754 00
Cash from insurance on barn 3 0(?0 0U
Tuition fees 810 00
R**nts.......... ........... 232 50
Eiectric plant 140 58
Ohemic-l laboratory 14 37
Teams and teamsters....... 76 07
Dairy 1 208 16
Mechanical department.... 231 55
Firm products. 399 79
Veteriuary division 8 38
Police magistrate........... 26 00
(Jonvict division vo do
Experimental station,30 15
Miscellaneous.... 10 40
Clerical errors .. 3 90
Privilege tax ..w60,600,00
Lras expenses, fer
tilizer department
aod collection.. 6 516 71
Refund state .10,000 00
Treasurer's error.. 1 995 00
Lee land ..18,540 71
Total ..,..42 058 29
Total.... $58 067 62
To balance $3 774 56
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
^Salaries. ^ ido oo
Mechanicc.1 deparimtnt..... 8 792 40
E'ectric plaat.............. 2,750 50
Dairy... 1 162 75
Agricultural department.... 6,835 75
Ve erinary,... .. 36183
. 906 ( 3
Oon victs..... ... . 1,089 44
Office 1 015 63
Travel 1^81
Repairs and construction... 7 144 81
Furnivure.. ............... 79156
Heat and' ?rater............ 2 661 33
Military departmen 377 24
Library.................... 98141
Mathematical department... 2i>3 63
Dike........... .... 324 64
Gboloaicul division 374 96
Cadet labor... 3 262 84
Farmers' institutes......... 673 66
j.hjsical division........... 740 91
Iusurance......... ......... 1.979 76
Ckmp ?s 124 17
Cadnt c-xcj--vjge............ 200 (>G
MioCd^ai.'d'.'Ue labor........ 871 61
Unclassified accounts......* 595 90
Balance.. ?.*. 3 774 56
Total ,.$58,067 62
MORRELL FUND
Balance on hand, 1896i..?. $ 33 75
Annual Cish ins'-alim-nt... II 000 00
Availiibl for yea? er.ding
Juce 30.... 11,033 75
Dhsu s*vneuis?Asjriculural e^la
$616 12; mechanic arts salaries
$3,166 55; mtcba ic arts, aparatus.
$6 50; uuechatnc arts, material, $106
58; English lar guaee, salaries. $L,
391 62; VUthematic, salaries. $1 660
63; p yvcal science, apDaratus $3*9
36; ptnscal science, bo-<ks $8 75;
physical science, materials, $145 49;
economic science, salaries $950 00;
lotal, $10,944 90- b*1*n<*. $38 85.
TRUSTEES' REPORTS
The r^p'>it of P.<siaeui Hartzo?,
whch is heretofore attached, is so fuil
and explanatory of all. matters of gen
eral merest, vce do not de-m it necessary
to make any extended report.
YAI n oelr o /t >hu?ii I nnroi/lQiKi r\t t 'n O
ftOa Ci VXIKIUX V/l 0 liV
report of the president and of the
heads of the departoaer-ts, the secre
tary and trrasurer, and of J. P
rimiih, secretary cf the fertilizer de
partment.
At the annual meeting of the boar-i
of trustees in 1896, a oJaa for the re
organization o! tbc colietie was adopt
ed Tnis pUn divides ttie college into
fi/edepariaieuts, witn oe-essary sub
divisions. It *r?s not practicable at
the tim to change the sy>.tem o
bookkeeping, so a^ ta sho v the cost or
the d-partments and divisions s*-pi
rately. only the cost of t.^e different
departments. Hereafter a system of
books wiil be kept so as to sho-v an
itemized statement of tbe exprtses of
-ach division and a total cost of each
ueyaimucin, as wcii aa 4a
statement of every other atnouut or
money expended during the year.
Tiie iiem z^d statement accompanying
the treasurer's report, necessarily for
this year is not so divided
Tlie treasurer's report sho ws the to
ial amount expended by eacfr depart
ui.ent Much of mis was for plant and
permanent improvements.
Toe health of tae c jlle.ee is good
Tne outbreak of sickn-ss last June
was muca regretted, but everything
has been done to bviate, if possible,
any reoccurrence of the trouble
The college and all of its depart
ments are now, with a few minor exceptions,
are practically equipped, ai
least for the present, but additions
will have to be made from lime tu
time as the knowledge of the sciences
ard the application to practical purposes
increase.
The cost of maintaining an agricui
tural and mechanical college must,
net be compared wiih the cost of a
literary college. The expense of such
an institution is lar^e, and the only
way to determine whether the amount
expended at Clemson is too large or
too small is to compare it with the
cost of ott er similar institutions, ifush
d comparison will .show teat the ap
propriation to Ciemson is below that
iu aiuiuov au v ui tuai
sc:er. The amounls heretofore appro
uriated, we confidently believe, Dave
oeen wiseJj ac?d preJi ably expended
mis t>elief on our part ba3 be^a endorsed
by every one who has taken
ihe trouble to visit the college and ia
sptct its workin&s. and we respectful
ly request jour honorable oodie^ in
person to visit the culle^e and jadgt
for yourselves of its beatfl.3 and necessities.
It wa? claimed by some that
there was a mistake in the amount ap
preprinted to the college in 1894, of
J
$10,COO. This amount has been refun,
ded to the state treasurer during the i
i year.
By resolution, the board of trustees,
j w&s required to pay from the college
! appropriation the annual installment
1 due on the 3>e lands,
j O^e instalment was paid last Janu
! ary and the nf xt will be paid next
:J>*rusry, which will be the last pay'
ment
j The fertilizer department is economically
and satisfactorily managed by
T P SmifVi thft ap^rpta^iT r?f
I this derailment. Farmers' institutes
j were held in as many places as practij
ble. We are pleased to report that
I they are growing in popularity. The
'charge in the vacation from winter
jto j-ummer wiU enable the college
| force to do more work in this direction
in the future, at a time that will
best suit the people generally aid that
will not interfere with the college
work.
A Qatct Trip.
A German rail *ay paper with one
of those compound German names,
too long to copy reminding u of the
permanent-way with words for rails
and hypen3for spiic-s between sajs
S that when the Trans Siberian railway
] bas heen completed the tour of the
' w<>rld can be made in thirty three
\ days. This is considerably less than
half the time in which Julec Verne's
s hero accomplished it. The folio wing
1 is the taMe -from the Gorman paper
with t.hft iih'tMl namfir
, Bremen to Ss Petersburg. ,...H days
Sr- P-tersburir to Viadivostoc*l<) days
; Vlacivostcck to San FrancisculO days
! San Francisco to Ne * York....4i days
; New York to B:e u6n 7 d*ys
j Totsl 33 day s
i A correspondent of the French
R*vue Scentifiqu*, translated in the
Literary Digest, however, brings the
total down ten da^s by simply assum
i"e a higher speed of traveJ. He say s:
"I assume for steamers a speed of 27
miles an hour ii-stead of 18 miles, the
former spe<-d baviag been recently
obtained in England by torpedo boats
and ft railways, instead of a speed of
sever tf kilometers (forty tbiee and a
half miW) an hour, that of 100 kilo
meters (62 miles), which will be at
tained whenever we wish to undertake
the expense of relaying our permanent
ways. We shall then have
tht following figures:
Paris to Pacific ocean via Asia 8 days
I Coast of Asia to San Francisco..
....................... ?t days
Sin Francisco to New York.. 3 days
iNew York to Paris........... 4-f-dajs
i
Total....... 23 day8
i
Ljscbad tor Daubl* Murder.
-I Joseph Hopkins, the negro who
1 murdered-Jtw.o white farmer* on
iCbrstmas Day,' aM?kndora, Wis.,
I ^as captured by a posSS-Jrt daylight
j Wednesday morning on thS~"Jpmes
! olanta ion, near Swan Lake. Hop
. kins h*d co&cealed himself in a gin
:. house, but he was discovered by two
I negroes, who gave the alarm. Hop
i kics fought like a demon before being
I taken into custody, and when arrested
j t: was fout.d the n^gro had been shot
;; in three places during the melee. He
j was not fatnlly wounded, however,
' jaad was at ooca taken to the scene of
: his terrible crim*. Eookins confessed
!; his euiit, and did not plead for mercy,
'; but ragged his captors to make quick
;! work of him, and little time was los;
'lie carrying out the instructions. A
{rot.e was placed about The negro's
: j r-ev-k. and be was hanged to a limb
iTufc b ;dy was then lidd.'ed with bul
| lets and left hanging Hopkin's rec
> 5 ord is a very oad one, many recent
| crimes being attributed to him.
Look Oat for Theae Fellows.
I TKa /^anovtivtAnf ie wii?nir>rt
j iuc UQyai 40 i uuuiuf;
! down a gang of sharpers. Circulars
have been sent out in which it is srat-d
tnat a gang of professional postoffice
ourglars and safe crackers, who bavr
operated verv successfully in Virgiuia
aod West Virginia, cracking numer
ous pos to SB ce safes, have recently be?ua
operations in North Carolina and
it is believed will continue operations
in N >rth Carolina and other southern
S iit-s, if their capture is not eff<?cted
4,They operate qui e succss'ully,
laying their plans systematica J ly anc
?-eli. It i<? bt-lieved taer?s are five in
th" g?n?, though it is possible the two
< l<?tr men are one and the same rrao,
mer.-ly appearing differently at differ
ent points, as the older man is acting
las advance agens ana piays numerjcus
roles."
A Horrible C'eith.
J John Agaew and Thomas Kennedy
j o^t a horrible death in &.idon shaft
I ia Pennsylvania. Tney had been
js^ .tdo-vD thr sha't *ocut ice, which
j p-even ed the carriage from running.
] C- ey cu ?<^ay tne ice until the c-*r
';e*ceLded 200 feet, when it stuck,
j Ci2?- two cnea could not signal the
| engineer and rope contiau d tocoi*
oo the top of the bonnet of ih-i car un|
til its weight forced the carriage b ycnd
thu ice formation The car tie
-ceuded s*7irtlv until tne rope broke,
*?iea it fell 450 feet. The men were
dashed to pieces.
Hi t^?nr?d Money.
J. W. Harris, a North Carolina ne
s*ro was arraigned Wednesday in N-;*
Y- ikon the c isr^eof sending- ihreat<-nin?
lKtars to William K. Vender
hilt, Charles Broadway Rouse. John
Wanamaker, a_d other Dromineai
men. The letters demanded money
under threat of persona! vioiecca, and
alleged that the writer was a member
nf a 8 c:aty formed to -xtort relief
from millionaires at any price. As
no ona appeared to prosecute Harris
ha was committed to the workhouse
us a vagrant.
A B. -macco of ih War,
A romance that h-id its beginning al
the time of the civil war resulted in the
marriage of Frederick Welsoa, ex
state treasurer of Colorado and millionaire
baoker of Denver, to Hiss
Emma Storck, aged 25, of St. Loais
ilr. Wttison was a Union veteran, re
turned to St. Louis after th9 war,
' broken in health and packet. He was
nursed back to health by Mrs Gus
j Lrave Storck, mother of his bride. H*
J went west, gained prominence and a
I fortune. Ha losi his first wife svera]
g J ^10 sj.
N< xt Y sar'a Texefc
Estimates are now being made foi
i the tax levy that tne next general assembly
will have to impose. Itisnoi
yet fully known what revenue will b
n-cessary, but Comptroller General
E^.tom, wiio has the figures at hand.
i= "not able to sea any possibility cJ
getting the levy below five mills, and
the Jiselihood is that it will have to fcx
a still higher rate in c :Se it is decided
iua.i tne deficit had better be liqu idaijed.
STATISTICS OF CRIME
IN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE
PAST YEAS.
The Showing Is Not 8uc>i a Bad One After
All?A Dccre&ae In Total Sombir of
Criminal Oases Brought B?fora the
Courts
Attorney wnerai isaroer s report to
the general assembly is bow in the
hands of the State printer and will be
issued in a few days In his report
this year he has endeavored to give in
consolidated form the crime statistics
of the State, comparisons by counties
and years for a ckcade being made.
The year which has j ist ended shows
that tht<re has b^en a considerable
falling off in thetot*l number of crim
inal c-?8*s. The onl> bad showing is
that madr; in the number of homicide
cases. In summarizing the figures
given in the complete tables Mr. B*r
Ki,i? eore im Vila
Ulj. oajo 1U UiO A^pv/l t*
"Tnere are three consolidated state
meets given in this report 1st. Show
ing the nuaabea and coarecter of crim
in?l ca?ea disposed of difiajj the year
1897 2nd. Showing the crinaes by
circuits and counties. 3rd. Showing
the number of homicides ana other
cases disposed of in the State durina
the last ten yars, and the number each
year.
"From the fi*st statement it will ap
pear that 2 485 criminal Cises were
disposed of from the 1st of Jacuiry,
1897, to 1st Januaiy. 1898. During
the 14 months from Nov. L 1895, to
Jan. 1. 1897, there we^e 3 002 c^ses as
reported last jear. It will be seen
thit there has been a decrease of 517
cases. But this is not the actual decrease,
as the last consolidated state
ment was for 14 months instead of one
year. An analysis of the statement
for the year 1897 will show that there
has be^n a dtCrese in the crimes ol
burglary, arson, assault and battery,
obtaining goods under false pretenses,
forgery, highway robbery, roit and
violations of the dispensary la and
an increase in those of larceny,
murder, rape and resisting public
officers.
' The per cent, of convictions in all
the cases disposed of is 37 and of the
cases actuaiVy tried about 65. The per
ceiit of couvictions in homicide cases
is about 27, in burglary cases 70, in
larceny cases about 65, in assault and
batteries about 70, and in dispensary
cases about 60 per centc
"Of the couvictioQs for the year
1897, 6 were sentenced to death, 26 to
tne penitentiary for life, 410 to terms
in the penitentiary, and 447 to the jail
a ad chaingang.
4 D uring tii year there were 20 mis
trials in criminal cases, some in all tne
circuits. There were 31 cases of rape
disposed of, and of this number there
were 12 no bills, 10 not guilty and 12
guilty- There were 25 cases of highway
ro^feKX? of whicii number there
were 7 no bills, SS.not- guilty and 18
guilty. There were 22S~ntrI}icide cases
of which number tbera were^
bills, 120 not guilty and 74 guiity. '?>
"The second statement snows that
in Charleston county there were 537
criminal cases, the largest number in
an? county; Spartanburg is next with
?l42 casos, Greenville with 107, Or
angetarg *iia 106, Florenceyu.
lington. 74. Union 72, Clarendon baa
ibe smallest number-18 wbile Green
wood had 5, and Cherokee 13 Three
of the deatn sentences were in Newberry
county, one in B.aufort, ons in
Chtre were no death sentences in tke
1st, 5th, 6,b ana 8cn circuits. Id ap
pears that there were only 26 sen
tences in ail the counties to the peni
teutiary for iifc, ana the largest namtwr
cf the3e was in the 7th circuit.
'it will be seen from the third
statement that it is incomplete as some
of tne solicitors failed to make annual
reports.
There has been a gradual increase
of homicide cases disposed of in the
State each year siact; 1883 Tae year
1888 begui with 107 cdies, and tae
year 1897 ends witn 225 cases. The
largest numoer of crises during this
period wa& ia tae 1st. circai:?3t2; tae
1-ext largestiu tae 7ticucuu. 225, aad
the next in the 2-d circuit, 223, m-.a
the smallest ia tae 3rd cucuit 116.
During tae year 1897. tae largest
number was in tae 1st circuit, 44, and
the smallest in ia? 4th circuit, 14
t-I made an effort to ascertain from
the sheriffs of tae S ate the number of
/?r?mnr>iti.-rt in ?-or*n f. ill ntxr
UVl^iViUVW WWUUiiUKVW AU N.MVU WV*AW?J j
dud the names and color oi tile pard;a
kiliiog and killed, but fail d to get
>ul?ciiut information 10 ^ive ia this
report the number of waiuss and col
ored killed, and the numoer of whiles
and colored commuting t&e homicides
Cue reports ol the solicitors do no!
give this information. Aa to m? c?u>?
>) tnls increase in Homicides in Sjuiq
Carolina it is verj dutficul-. to deter
mine. Tnere is no duuo; out taat a
combination of causes proau^cs tais
unfortunate condition."
Tne following is the statement of the
crimes and tne results of the trials in
ibe dill-rent circuits:
First Circuit?Mistrials 4; >10 bill and
discontiuued, 408; uot*u l^ 87; guil
<y, 210; grand tuial, 6P6; jaw or ?L_?e,
61; Hemiaiitiary fur terai, 145; psni
t.ntiary for lire, o; death aiuieacc. 0
Second Circuit?Mistrials, 6; no bill
and diaC'>niiiiU=d, 107; not guilty, 45;
*uilty, 93; gram toiai 245; j til or fiae,
73; penitentiary for tcruj, 15; pmitea
tiary for life 4; d-atn sentence, 1.
Third Circit?Mistrials, 4; no bill
and discontinued, 47; not guilty, 33;
s guilty, 91; graud t-jul, 171; j til or fiae,
? 33; penitentiary for term 65; pen.ii.tn.
uarj for life, 3; dea h sentence, 1.
Fourth Circuit?M:striais, 1; no bill,
and discontinued, 150; not jjUilty, 33
l guilty 99; grand total, 232; j til or fine
H 80; penitentiary for term, 15; peziitaii
* fiary for life, 3; death sentence, 1.
^ Fifth Circuit?Vlistrials, l;no bill anc
' discontinued, 58; not guilty 58; gail
j ty, 119; grand total, 235; jail or fine, 0
penitentiary for term 10; p?nitenti
ary forii;e, 0; deatb sentence. 0.
' dixih Circuit?Mistrials. l:nobil
' and discontinued, 51; not guilty 68
, jruilty, 93; grand total, 212; jiilc]
i fine, 6; penitentiary f jr term, 85; p^n
[ itentiary for life, 2; death sentence
1.
Seventh Circuit?Mistrial?, 1; no bil.
and discontinued, 132; not guilty, 49
guilty, 132; grana total, 313; jail o;
line, 104; penitentiary for term, 21
i penitentiary for life, 7; death sen
s sence, 3.
[ Eighth Circuit?Mistrials, 2;nobiL
and dis?nntinu?d. 105: not ^uiltv
I 70; guilty, 143; grand lota., 31S; j i
i orj5.ie, 90; peu Herniary for term, 55
i penitentiary for life, 4; d-atu sen
I tsnce 0.
T ia!?Mistrials, 20; no bill aod dis
continued 1,058; not guilty, 43i; guii
- tv
9S0; jrrard total, 2,472; jail or fine,
447; penitentiary for term, 411; penitentiary
for life, 26; death sentence, 6.
la Richlacd county during the year ;
Ikere were 7G cases, 32 convictions, 18
acquitals, no mistrials, 20 eases discontinued
or thrown out by the grand
jury and 1 man went to the penitentiary
for a tsrm. The rest all went to
onoin ffonc
Tne labia showing the character of
the crioaes committed and how punished
affords a most interesting study.
There were 433 cases for the violation
of the dispensary law against 627 for : > ; Vgj
the preceding year. There were 91 .
convictions and 45 requitals, while 2974
cases were eitner discontinued, or
thrown out by tse gtaDd juries.
The most com mo a off;rises were astault
witb intent to kill and aggravated
assault and battery. There were
/?A?1 _ - i. WAA i.1 i:
cu;5 cas-s against iuu me preceding
y?ar; 223 coavictioas; 94 icquitalsand
280 'discontinued" or gating "no
oill." Housebreaking and larceny of
li7e stock and icrceny from the field
were the ntxt most coaimon crimei,
,.f;er murder and manslaughter. The
statistics as to the las', offense are very
bad. Ouc of the 225 cases there were
only 74 convictions against 120 acquitais
and 31 "no bills" and "diaconed
" -
There were $4 cases of the crime of
rape against 14 the preceding year.
Twelve of the!>e resulted in convictions,
continued or thrown out by the
graud jury. Tnesc figures do not include
tne number of ca^es of rape which
resulted in ly nehin^s.
The attorney general calls attention
10 the condi'i >? of the jails of the
S ate in this way:
"1 have becu requested by the State
bo^ri of icaiM to cill the attention of
toe general assembly to the sanitary
condition of man? of the jiilsof the
Slate. Prisoners uatiJ convicted are
presumed to beiaa-crn1-, and are imprisoned
for Si*e keeyiag and not for
puiiisftmeat. Tne jiila should therefore
ba made as cojarortable as possi- ':f?
bie, and their sanitary condition
should bti suca as not to endanger th9
health of prisoaers. Lito should be
passed securing to prisoners at least
the preservation of their health while
connnea ior iriaL
COL- TARLETON'3 SWORD.
Captured at tha Battle of Cowpcua KjvIi
Columbia.
Ia speaking of the return of OoL T.
E. Dic&son, of Columbia, from a visit
to Seneca, the Record says he brought
back with him & Revolutionary relic,
whose value cannot; be estimated and
which is of peculiar i merest to all pairiDtic
South Carolinians, who are
proud of the part their State played
in tne great struggle which freed the
American, colonies irom -England. ana
laid the foundation, of the grand re1
public of the Western Hemisphere.
That relic is the sword whicn Colonel
Tarleton used in leading t ie British
croopers in bat'Je on South Carolina
soil against the partisans who fought
under Morgan, Pickens, Sumter,
ilarion and the other patriots, whose
names have bee a immortalized by
ytif^^Uus.rious deeds of daring and
heroicem!hWAft?^o^wdsagdprivations
in the m J** irpmi! . ~-?.
cause of liberty. Tafleton lost the
sword at the battle of Cowpena, where
the patriots won such a signal victory,
a victory w?ich pat fresh heart in thai?
brethren througaout the colonies and
hasten tha coming of the triumphant
eod of tha war at Yorkto<m. The
Historic f<icts about the loss of that
s?7ord are geaerally kao vn. CoL
vVm. W^saiagton, tae gallant leader
1 of the American cavalry, pressed
Tarietoa so closely ia his tight as to
be able to have one exchange of sabre
olows with the British ieaier. Washing
toa's sword cut Tarieion's fijgen;
aad the Britifii colonel dropped his
sietl,;par.-cd bis steed and ootained
i safety by Hi; at. Wm Scott, the
father of Coi. D.ckson's mother, was
aa American soldier in the battle of
> Cow peas. He saw the fi^ht between
' Washington aad Tarleioa and picked
up the letters sword when he dropped
i it. The sword has ever since been
> preserved in tae family as a priceless
; S lanAkir nf o> /xxlviii ni>ni7AC? in fha
1 Revolutionary war. Tae s*ord, or
sabre, for the oJade curves back so as
10 give greater force to its blows, is
long aad be ivy. The blade is a yard
ia length, while the hilt is slightly
over six inches long, with an iron
guard. There is a iong scratch on the
guard and a cat in me iron Knob at
tbe end of thejhilt, wrnch are believed
to have been made by the blow of
1 ,iVarshiugtun18 sword which forced
rarieton to drop his weapon or wnich
1 knocked it out of bus hand. The iron
shanks of the h it is cased in wood,
1 *rhich wa.cj^ortfd with leather, much
of whicb nas bseD worn away. Upoa
- lie blade, cio*>e co tne bill. is engraved
1 toa word '"Potter," probably tbe
na ne of us maker Taere are many
ao:ciaes ia tae blade; and soaae rust
j uaon it, p jssioly made by she blood
i of pa riors wao uaa tol; i.s ea^e. Uoi
Dicxsm a ^ received ma ay letters of
! inquiry about tbis s vord aai moa*hi
' it b-si io oring u to Columbia for safe
itepiag. It *ill be pun iu tie vault
' iu taesec-eUry of sia e's offlje, ^bere
repose Jiarion's 3 -vord aad other Eev1
oluiionarv relics.
Shoe Djwq la Prl?on.
i A special from Bremer, iUa., says:
Tom Collins, of t is city, sbot aud in'!
tlv kiilrd D L Ho *ell of Brown*.
! j Ala., <vbile the latter was in a cell in
trecit7 orison. Liter in the af-er[
n -on So well ?7as arrested by Officer
. Wlison on a complaint by Mrs. Collies,
wife of Torn Collins, who said ^
' that H >w^ll bad beau following her
ar>d htr d--ug'itaer around the streets.
When Coil ins heard of the affair, he
went to ths city prison, gained admia]
sionand killed Howell in his cell,
! sh >oting him through the heart Collins
was arrested on the charge of
I m order.
A Qocd 3ass?*tlon.
5 Here is an excellent suggestion
from the Greenville News: "An
. irishman who was vainlv trvin^ to
| split a sweet gum log when a bolt of
5 listening tore a great oak to splinr
tersa few yards distant, remarked:
'Fiitb, I wish, you'd try jour hand
> oa this!' Ic is suggested likewise to
. Mr. Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, who
\ has successfully cornered the wheat
I market and ran the price up, that he
" tackie five cents cotton."
A Fnt&l Fft]l*
On Christmas Ere, about 4 P. M.,
I as Messrs. Alts Johnson and Frank
, Brotfc were driving towards Bishop* ~"X
t vnie, near I'm Badgers and Mr. Kiat- ^ ^*3
; lar's lumbir mill, their horse took
fright and ran, throwing both men
ou Johnson escaped serious injuries,
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