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V - . ^ - * * - THE RACE PROBLEM J ? * I i Negro Domination Means the t White Man's Abasement. s 3 SENATOR JOHN McLAURIN t < ( Discusses the Troubles in the < South and Vividly Presents i 1 the Situation as He j Sees It. ' It is difficult and well nigh irapossi-. We for any one to guage the depth and pewer ef any issue or movement predicated on race or religious prejudices. Fortunately, in tins country -we nave been spared those terrible struggles brought on in other parts of the world fey religious prejudices. But we are ?ot so fortunate on the race issue, for the condition of our country, particularly in the South, with its grew Negro ye^ulatien placed alongside the white population, makes race differences inevitable. The people of the North, far removed from the centres of large Negro population, are able to view this race issue from a purely sentimental standpoint. It is to them simply a question of fine " - - * phrases, ot declarations on me equantj of all men under the law. But to the people of the South the question of race is not mere matter of sentiment. It is a subject which enters into the very life and existence of our people. Wesee it before us every day; it is presented to us, not for argument and academic discussion, but for immediate practical solution. While academicians at remote points, secure in their own homes, secure in their property, secure in all those elementary rights which accompany AngloSaxon civilization, can theorize, we of the South are compelled to face an actual condition. As an eminent public man said of another vital issue in American affairs, it is not a theory but a condition which confronts us. I suggest this because it seems natural and unavoidable that the States of the South, which are face to face with this terrible race conflict, must themselves meet it and solve it, and that the theoretical views of those standing afar off should not be cast against those who are struggling with a problem involving their very self-existence. The race issue has been brought prominently to the front within recent days by conditions in North and South Carolina. In Ntrth Carolina the issue has grown out of the peculiar conditions in that State, where Negro domination has been brought about by a peculiar combination of political causes. For the last tw? years there has been complete Negro domination throughout that State, aside from the deeper question as to domination by .those lacking la education, in property and in all *!?? ?na? in matp men representative f the general social welfare, tie whites were subjected to all manner of insults and official oppression. I have no doubt the trouble in South Carolina was a direct result of the Negro domination in North Carolina, as we of South Carolina have fortunately been rid of Negro domination for many years. But ou? people are closely allied by blood and business with the people of North Carolina, and it is but natural that they should have felt a deep sympathy when the white men of North Carolina determined te throw off the evil of black "rale. T *1 From my personal experience -wane attorney general of South Carolina I gained an insight into the real meaning of Negro rule. The people of the North j 3kave no idea of what this means as judg?4 by actual experience- In the State f South Carolina we had eight years of *5egro carpet bag government, during irhich. the white men of the State, representing its intelligence, its education 2nd its property, were sent t* the rear, irkile the legislative halls of the State Were in the possession of a body of Negro legislators. ? What this body did is a matter of kistory withus, although I do not believe the people of the North appreciate the exeesses which that Negro legislature and Negro government committed. By the forced issue of bonds the debt ef the State was increased c! _ ing this period of Negro rule from &5,uuu,uuu j to $12,000,000. One year the corrupt I Negro and carpet bag officials of the State set in a back room of a bank ant actually divide up among themselves all the money collected by taxation. It "was simply a matter of personal distribution of public money among them. As attorney general following the period of Negio rule I had to defend a suit that exposed one phase of this Negro rule. The black legislature had passed an act to issue $1,500,000 of scrip, known as Blue Ridge scrip, to build a railroad. That scrip the Negro and carpet bag officials actually issued three times over, and the triple issuer 1 were disoosed of in various money mar- { kets. For acts like these many of the Negro officials were afterward prosecuted, convicted and sent to the penitentiary. But even in this there was little justice, as pardons by the Negro-made governor were as mnch a commercial commodity as cotton or wheat. It was such experiences as this that warned the people of North Carolina what was likely to follow if the baneful influence of Negro domination became firmly fixed upon their State. Already it had secured partial control of the State, and the most populous communities, the seats of education, wealth and business, were completely under the mastery of Negroes who had little or no participation or even indirect interest in the business, trade, property or substantial conditions or these places. This is not a mere assertion,but it is a fact readily established by specific inwhirvh caii be cited, and I think It is no mere tlian simple justice to the people of the Carolinas that their brothers of the North should look at these facts and consider what they would do under similar circumstances. Take, for instance, the city of Greenville, N. C., where the taxable property is $750,000. The Board of Alaer?ien levies the taxes and orders the expenditures. One of the Negro Aldermen pays sixty-four cents in taxes; apther one eighty-three cents; the other nothing. The total taxes paid by the Negro Aldermen are $1.47. The ~ * * . 3 "L? \T Mayor, a white man eiectea Dy ^egru votes, pays forty-three ceDts in taxes. The Negro City Clerk pays no taxes, the poliaemen none, the night watchman none, the Chief of Police twentyfive cents. The revenues of this town , amount to $5,500, of which $2,830 goes to pay the salaries of these non- taxpaying Negro officeholders. I believe , it to be a safe assumption to say that ninety-five per cent of the taxes are paid by the white people. The instance I have cited is but one of a great many throughout the State and it would be simply a wearisome re ii ii >etition to repeat thsse instances. The ame abhorrent principle, or lack of r >rinciple, runs through all of them?? c lamely. taxation without represents y ion; Negro direction and control of t widespread white interests, personal g tnd property. Not content with tak- o ng possession of municipalities and ap- b jointing Negro justices and policemen, i ;he Negroes seem inspired with a vin- fc iictive desire to maice tneir sway as s >dious and oppressive as possible to a iheir white fellow citizens. But this i N'egro. unrepresentative direction of t property rights is only the least objec- \ tionable feature of Negro rule. The t real danger arises to the individuals, particularly the white women and c young girls. In some sections it is un- j. 3ave for a white girl or woman to walk ( the road alone. I traveled over North t Carolina during the recent political c contest and on all hands heard the re- j ports of Negro lawlessness and outrage. ( af lacf. Vmil art Knlr? and defiant that the white people, represent- ( ing order, protection to life and person 1 and purity of womanhood, were aroused and united as never before, and ( without reference to pervious political ( affiliation. , The frequent assaults by Negroes } upon white women are a constant me- j nace and source of terror. Not long since I spoke to a large crowd ia North Carolina. Among those present was an . old Republican, who had been the , backbone of his party in that section. ] He was an old Confederate soldier and j a man of undaunted courage. It was ; the custom in that section at the close j of a speech to call for converts. White men of all parties were called upon to j come forward and sign the "white man's union."' I made an appeal something like an old fashioned Meth- , odist minister at a camp meeting for those who wanted "saving grace" to come to the mourners' bench. The old man immediately came forward and made as thrilling an appeal as I ever heard. He started out by saying:? "I have been a nigger for fifteen years, but bv the help of (rod I will be a white mat. the balance of my life. You people know how mean I have been, and I ask your forgiveness. Do u ^ j ?9 Trr.n ? you snow wuat tuuraeu .me; ncu, <? good woman did it. My nearest neighbor was assaulted by a Negro, and a white lawyer volunteered for his defence. My daughter put her arms around my neck and begged me with tears in her eyes to stand by the white people. Her plea for the white woman was irresistible, and I promised her then and there that I would stand by the white people their fight for white supremacy." It is impossible to describe a scene like this. He was a big, rugged old tnan, as brave as a lion, and when he announced that he was not afraid of "Yankee, troops,*'as he hal fought them under Stonewall Jackson, and was not afraid to meet them again if sent down by President McKinley, declaring he would not ask a more glorious death than to die in defence of the wo men of North Carolina, and thus expi-1 ate some of the wrong he had done, I there was hardly a dry eye in that large crowd. The effect of such an appeal was electrical, and every man, without reference to politics, there signed the paper. I heard from reliable sources in North Carolina that since Negro rule began in the State there had been twenty felonious assaults of white women by negroes, besides numerous attempts, and that every one of them had occurred in a county under Negro government, and not a single one in counties under white rule. A Negro newspaper in Wilmington, N. C., attempted to justify all such assaults by an attack upon the virtue of the white women. It was an unbearable insult, which helped fan the spark of indignation into a flame. . I heard of another instance characteristic of tho conditions prevailing. A young lady eighteen years of age was walking along the streets and found the sidewalk blocked by three negro men, and stepped off to pass aronnd. One of the men took hold of her, tnrned her around and slapped her face for "putting or, airs." Hundreds of instances of a similar character have occured in that State which have never been published because the white people are ashamed to admit that rach outrages were being perpetrated. * The worst effect of Negro domination is the abasement of the white man. The most characterless and degraded of the whites compete for the Negro vote. The Negroes by themselves have never in a single instance been able to gain control, but have been led by white men whom they always repudiate as soon as they gain power. The reason the Negroes repudiate as soon as possible their white allies is because the Negro is ambitions. His one great ambition is to beceme a white man. and if he despises one thing more than another is a white man who has beceme a Negro, and the first neck his heel will tread upon is the white man's through whose vote he gains power. In the county of Richmond, N. C., a .tfhite man made a speech within five miles of the Soath Carolina line in which he openly encouraged his Negro hearers to assaults on white women. He did not speak at his next appointment, and in any other State in this Union rtna er?/?T? cfo.flmonfa ' UUV/ UUWiJLUg 0V4.V/.U 0VMWJUUVUW .? vvu? have been hanged, bnt the man was allowed to go with an apology. Finally, let it be understood that this is a righteous cause, high above the plane of party, and involving the preservation of civilization. It was Macauley, I believe, who said of the French Revolution, "It destroyed lib- | erty, but preserved civilization. It was an awful calamity when, after the war, ] avast horde of ignorant voters were en- 1 franchised. More than once have our j people been face to face with the dread choice between liberty and civilization. Once in South Carolina WadeHamp- ' ton thrilled the hearts of our people ( with the words:?"I will be Governo, , of South Carolina, or, by the Eternajr , we will have a military government." ] "Better for me a military despotism than Ot V/l V LL iUlClIVij CLLLU, corrupt. This is the cause of civilization. The ] Southern people can stand four cent \ cotton and poverty, but they will not j stand Negro domination. As long as j there is a decent white man living he 1 will be ready to die in defence of our ( women and our civilization. ( I think one of the greatest mistakes < now being made is in the .methods of < education of the Negro. He is being ? rapidly developed' intellectually before j he is prepared industrially and moral- j iy. The three should go hand in hand, i and the process in the first is too rapid J for the latter to keep pace. On the | contrary, it is just and right and absolutely best and wisest for both races that the white neoDle, who settled this I country and civilized it and made it the J grandest country on the globe, and who ' have done more for the negro race than 1 all other peoples, should govern it as a ^ whole and in all its parts. It is their * country and they have a right to rule it, 1 nd they certainly will rule it. 1 In looking for the solution of thGfie j ace evils wo say at tho outset that it j alls for the same solution?that of J rhite supremacy?that has followed ; hroughout the world'? history. The uperiority of the white, the inferiority f tie black, is a principle recognized ~ tvhuth no mere senti-1 >jr -- ? ? ae:ital utterance can obscure. It has j >een exhibited in all ages, and the in- j taaces which Egypt gave in early days I ,re today repeated in the advance of Vjjglo-Saxon civilization under the >acners of the Sirdar and the driving >&ck of the black hordes at Kharoum. The right of the Caucasian to rule :omes from God. Where he is found le governs. It is in his blood. His lommission is printed on his brow by he hand of the Almighty, and the re;ord of his race is marked in all the listories of the past in all the countries >f the earth. Anglo-Saxon civilization n North Carolina will never retreat in ihefaceoia conflict with an inferior ac-i. Every State in the South has had oarno nrdftal to eo through, but in ivery struggle our civilization has been maintained and in every conflict it has iltimately triumphed. The constitu-. ?ions of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana tell the story. It has been fortunate for the Caroliaas, for the South and for the country it large that the recent demand for Federal bayonets to sustain negro domination was not carried out. President McKinley is a good man. He is better and stronger than some of his advisers. He has been very conservative in his South Carolina appointments, and I hope he will not he influenced by unwise counsels in the future. He should defer to the sentiment of white supremacy prevailing m the South, because such supremacy does not necessarily involve any hostility to the Negroes. Time'alone can solve the complex problem. A certain period of quiescence must elapse during which the pubmind will have time to recover from the violence of reconstruction and Negro domination, as recently witnessed in North Carolina. The Negro will become more generally diffused over the entire country and the haunting terror *" - 1- 1? Tr, I of ins domination muss ueuume ICOO. JLU | the meantime he is developing morally and industrially by contact with the whites; he is well qualified for the acquirement of an imitative civilization; all that he has came in that way. By nature he is peaceful, and only dangerous from his emotional and superstitious nature, which makes him the prey of bad white men. It is a pity that he ] has to suffer for it; the white man at his back is responsible more than he. All look with sorrow and regret upon! these racial outbreaks. Things remain1 quiet for years, perhaps. These are aggressions, small troubles, in every community, until there is an accumulation, like the gases in some mine; suddenly and unexpectedly a match is struck and the explosion comes. The outside 1 -i * world sees omy tae iTiimemaw uauac and holds up its hands in horror. They know nonght of the long train of events leading up to a catastrophe that makes the soul shudder. Men lose their reason and become frenzied. Take the recent trouble in South Carolina with the Tolberts. The people of Greenwood are as quiet, as peacable and as law. abiding as in any New England community. The riots were the spontaneous combustion of accumulated wrath. Deplorable as they are, their causes are even more so, for while one involves loss of a few lives the other means loss of principle?of a whole and their posterity. John McLauriu. Will Grow Food Crops. It will not be an unmixed evil if the present low price of cotton forced our; farmers to plant more food crops. The Macnn teleeraoh is doing s, good work in awakening interest among onr farmers in the planting of wheat. To sustain its arguments it has brought out some interesting facts: First. Georgia wheat took the prize at the world's fair in Vienna more than forty years ago Second. Georgia wheat flour took prizes in St. Louis and in Baltimore? $500 in one case and $250 in the other? j since the civil war.' Tnird. Flour mills in Michigan took the lead on "best flour" before the eivil war, made from wheat grown in Southern Alabama. Fourth. One acre in Georgia wheat has been known to produce 104 bushels. Fifth. Dr. Massee has been growTP>io?f near MarsTiallville success fully for fifty-four consecutive years, and his son will plant 200 acres in that cereal this year. Sixth. A little in wheat is worth more than a great deal in cotton at the present prices. Seventh. Wheat crops on good lands in Middle Georgia produee from eighteen to twenty-five bushels per acre whereas the average in the United States is fifteen bushels, and the average in the world is 1,117 bushels. Divorced and Married. One day last week Mrs. Minnie Schilling, 22 years old and pretty obtained a divorce from Conrad Schilling in a St. Louis court. Before 3he stepped out of jthe court room Har ry J. Holiness, of Jtteliston, jN. xwno heard the proceedings, rushed rip to the poung woman, renewed an acquaintance of long standiDg and proposed matrimony on the spot. He was accepted with just as much rapidity, and the couple went to the marriage license office. After producing a dollar and getting the coveted document, they marched to Judge Haughton,s office, where Mrs. Schilling promptly be'ime Mrs. Holiness. The whole thing was done in less than fifteen minutes after the divorce decree was read. Even the marriage license clerks, used to hasty wediings, were astonished at the celerity iisplayed by this couple. Gladys Rose the three-year-old daughter of the bride, was with her, and as soen as the knot was tied the alert bridegroom picked up ais stepchild and walked off with his : 'little family" in conscious pride. Hilton s. r i * T Xl_ Locioiorm Jjimmeat is me ucc iltra" of all such preparations in renoving soreness, and quickly healing :resh cuts and wounds, no matter how )ad. It will promptly heal old sores )f long standing. Will kill the poism from ('Poison Ivy" or "Poison 3ak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will jounteract the poison from bites of snakes an stings of insects. It is a >ure cure for sore throat. Will cure my case of sore mouth, and is a supeior remedy for all pains and aches. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a >ottle. Not a Legal Trade. That Newark, N. J., woman who pernitted herself to be sold by her hus1 j?-11 .-J/L )ana to anotner ienow aau iuruiwiwi named the purchaser, got rid of a worthless husband but also got into trou)le, for she married the other fellow without a preliminary divorce, and is iow under arrest for bigamy. i !*,! . ww'-MiniMirt CANVARSERS MEET." ] Result of Recent Election Officially Declared. : 1 LIGHT REPUBLICAN VOTE. i i Every Democratic Nominee for ] Congress Unanimously Elect- ' ed. The Tabulated Vote by Counties. The State board of election canvas- ! sers met Thursday and declared the result of the recent election. There were present Secretary of State Tompkins, Treasurer Timmerman, Attorney G-en- : eral Barber, Adjutant General "Watts, Comptroller General Derham and Hon. D. H. Magill, chairman of the house committee on privileges and elections. Lieut. Governor McSweeny was also present. The vote polled at the November election was very light, barely onefourth of the voting strength of the State. There wereslizhtlv over 28,000 votes cast. In each congressional district there was a Republican nominee for congress, but none was elected. The largest vote received by anyone Republican candidate was that of Murray of the First district, who received 1,529, a little over half of Col. Elliott's vote. The aggregate vote for the Republican nominees was 2,804. There was a slight discrepancy between the vote received by the different candidates ffcr State offices, but the approximate was 28.200. Governor Ellerbe's vote by county was as follows: Abbeville 829 Aiken 700 Anderson 899 Bamberg 449 Barnwell 808 . 486 Charleston 1,142 Cherokee 508 j Chesterfield 810 Colleton 590 I Darlington 544 Dorchester 444 Edgefield 627 Fairfield 379 Florence 592 Georgetown 456 Greenville 774 Greenwood 677 Hampton ... 578 Horry 807 IT ai^liotrr 402 I Lancaster.. 941 Laurens 519 Lee 338 Lexington 718 Marion ... 1,148 Marlboro 564 Newberry.... 700 Oeonee 528 Orangeburg 1,389 Pickens 374 Richland 332 Saluda 628 Spartanburg 1,475 Sumter 470 Union 590 Williamsburg 900 York .....' 984 Total 2S,225 Following in the congressional vote, the Democratic candidates being the first named: FIRST DISTRICT. Elliott Murray. Colleton 76 71 Charleston ] 1,612 240 Georgetown 310 488 Beaufort 395 334 Williamsburg 613 392 Berkeley 25 4 Total..^ ...3,000 1,259 Scattering: Jones 1. SECOND DISTRICT. Talbert Chatfield. Aiken 804 39 Barnwell 846 41 Edgefield 681 7 Hampton 589 5 Bamberg 459 20 Saluda 634 10 Total... 4*^013 122 Scattering: Bntler, 3; Dixon, 1. THIRD DISTRICT. T-nfir*/!* Tn1V>#rf juaviuox* Abbeville 779 112 Anderson 881 60 Newberry........ 706 29 Oconee 501 30 Pickens 370 28 Greenwood 792 73 Total . ..4,029 332 Scattering: Hendricks, 14. FOURTH DISTRICT. Wilson. Snber. Greenville 708 22 Laurens 928 53 Spartanburg ? 1,620 19 Union 571 51 Richland.: 266 14 Fairfield 364 6 Total .' 4,467 ' 165 FIFTH DISTIRCT. York 923 Chester 559 Lancaster 931 Chesterfield 813 Kershaw 410 Cherokee 576 Total 4,230 Scattering: 1. SIXTH DISTRICT. Norton. Evans. Clarendon 723 1 Darlington 530 -33 Marlboro 536 Marion 1,157 63 Florence 6Si 11 Horry 81^ 43 Williamsburg 355 Total 4,765 -151 SEVENTH DISTRICT, , Stokes. Weston. , Lexington 755 9 , Orangeburg... 1,456 81 Sumter 459 81 Colleton 541 94 , Berkeley 426 125 Jtucniana oo u o Lee 326 26 Dorchester 417 -53 < Total 4,433 505 The following are the State officers to j be inaugurated on January 12th. j Governor?W. H. Ellerbe. I Lieutenant Governor?M. B. McSweeney. i Secretary of State?M. B. Cooper. < Attorney General?G. Duncan ^Bel- < linger. < Treasurer?"W. H. Timmerman. Comptroller?d. tr. JL?ernam. ] Adjutant General?J. W. Floyd. 1 Superintendent of Education?J. J. t McMahan. i Railroad Commissioner?C. "W. Garris.?State. An exchange says: Old Abram's i wisest remark: i:Ef de descendants .] ob de rooster what crowed at Peter was t fcer make a noise ebery time a lie is told, f dar would be such a noise in de world i uat yer could not heah de hens cackle." c CAPTAIN" SIGSBEE'S STOEY. lis Account of the Destruction, of the Battleship Maine. Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee is contributing to The Century magazine his "Personal Narrative of the Maine." He ivill write for no other periodical. In ;he December Century his 'second paper describes the blowing up of the Maine and the scenes that followed it. Oapt. Sigsbee says: About an hour before the explosion I Bad completed a report called for by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec- , retary of the navy, on the advisability Df continuing to place torpedo tubes on board cruisers and battleships. I then (?rote a letter home in which I struggled to apologize for having carried in my pocket for 10 months a letter to my wife from one of her friends of long standing. The cabin-mess attendant, James Pinckney, had brought me, about an hour before, a civilian's thin coat, because of the prevailing heat; I had taken off my blouse, and was wearing this coat for the only time during the cruise, in tne pocket 1 naa louna tne unopened -and undelivered letter. Pinckney, a lighthearted colored man, who spent much of his time in singing, playing the banjo, and dancing jigs, was for some reason in an especially happy frame of mind that night. Poor fellow! He was killed, as was also good old John R. Bell, the colored cabin steward, who had been in the navy 27 years. At taps (''turn in and keep quiet"), 10 minutes after 9 o'clock, I laid down my pen to listen to the notes of the bugle, which was singularly beautiful in the oppressing stillness of the night. The marine bugler, Newton, who was rather givtn to fanciful effects, was evidently doing his best. During his pauses the echoes floated back to the ship with singular distinctness, repeatinrr +ViA afin o fTi/a VvrtrrlA -Pti 11TT iu6 IUS OW.O.J..UO ui U U.&it J-U-LXjr exactly. A half-hour later Newton was dead. I-was enclosing my letter in its envelope when the explosion came. The impression made on different people on board the Maine varied somewhat. To me, in my position, well aft, and within the superstructure, it was a bursting, rending, crashing sound or roar of immense volume, largely metallic in character. It was followed by a succession of heavy, ominous, metallic sounds, probably caused by the overturning of the central superstsucture and by falling debris. There was a trembling and j lurching motion of the vessel, a list to ! port, and a movement of subsidence. The electric lights, of which there were eight in the cabin where I was sitting; went out. Then there was intense blackness and smoke. The situation could not be mistaken, fTia "Moino rxroa Klnum Tin orm flirt For a moment the instinct of self-preservation took charge of me. but this was immediately dominated by the habit of command. -I went up the inclined deck into the starboard cabin, toward the starboard air-ports, which were relieved somewhat against the background of the sky. The sashes j were out; and the opening was large. Myfirst intention was an escape through j an air-port, but this was abandoned in favor of the more dignified way of making an exit through the superstrure. I groped my way through, the passage to the outer door. The passage turned to the right, or starboard, near the forward part of the superstructure. When the turn was reached, some one ran into me violently: It was Private William Anthony, the orderly at the cabin door. He said something apolo getic, and reported tnat tne snip naa been blown np and was sinking. He was directed to go out to the quarterdeck, and I followed him. Anthony has been pictured as making an exceedingly formal salute on that occasion. The dramatic effect of a salute cannot add to his Heroism. If lie had made a salute it could not hav? been seen in the blackness of that compartment. Anthony did his whole duty, at gTeat personal risk, at a time when he might have evaded the danger without question, and deserved all the commendation he received for his act. He hung near me with unflagging zeal and watch fulness that night until the ship was abandoned. I stood for a moment on the starboard side of the main-deck, forward of the superstructure, looking toward the immense dark mass that loomed np amid ships, but could see nothing distinctly. There I remained for a few seconds in an effort to grasp the situation, and then asked Anthony for the exact time. He replied: "The explo sion took place at y.4U, sir,'' it was soon necessary to retire from the main deck, for that part of the ship was sinking rapidly. I then went up on the poop-deck. By this time Lieut. Commander Wainwright and others were near me. Everybody was impressed by the solemnity of the disaster, but there, wes no excitement apparent; perfect discipline prevailed. The question has been asked many times if I believed that the Maine was blown up from the outside. My answer to this has been my first order on reaching the deck was to post sentries about the ship. I knew that the Maine had been blown up, and believed that she had been blown up from the outside, Therefore, I ordered a measure: which was intended to guard against attack. There was no need for the order, but I am writing of first impressions. There was the sound of many voices from the shore, suggestive ol cfteers. The Girls Men Ad mint. They admire the girl who is h<2r mother's right hand in household matters, and who is not above taking an interest in tne most trivial matters in connection with house duties. They admire the girl who is a bright, entertaining companion, and who has ever a kind word and pleasant smile for all with whom she comes in contact. They admire the girl who is always neatly gowned, no matter if in inexpensive materials, and who never dresses loudly or in questionable taste. They admire the girl who can adapt herself to any society, who never puts on affected airs, and who would scorn to io a mean action. They admire the girl who in an emergency can turn her hand to anything, From cooking the family diiner to reirimming an old hat. They admire the girl who is unselfish mough to give up some pleasure of her )wn to benefit anotner, ana aoes not i jonsider herself aggrieved at having to l lo so. They admire the girl who can talk of nore important things than dress or the ast new opera, and who can listen intelligently when deeper subjects aie introduced. Marrying Young. Marrying young seems to run in the 'amily of Ella Randier, of Nanheim. ?a., who was married a few days ago at ;he age of 13 years. She belongs to a !amily which marries young. Her notherand grandmother were both un-. ler 14 when ti.cy :ere married. SPAIN ACCEPTS, j She Surrenders Every Island Demanded by the Americans. THE THIRTEEN ARTICLES. Philippine Evacuation About Same as for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Mutual Release of Prisoners. The Peace Commission at Paris will soon be through -with its work. Spain has accepted the American demands. The Spanish cemmissioners announced beine authorized by their government to reply that though the American propositions are inadmissible on legal principles and are not a proper compromise on legal principles, that on the Spanish part all diplomatic resources are exhausted and that Spain, inspired by reasons of patriotism and humanity and to avoid the horrors of war, resigns herself to the power of the victor. She accepts the offered conditions unconditionally in order to conclude a treaty of peace. The Ameri can deman d s included the acquisition of the whole of the Philippine and Sulu groups for $20,000,000. and it is also understood the United States will purchase the Caroline group. The question of the debt of Cuba was left unsettled. rrmm mTTTTJTIT*vt A T>TMV?T TC JL ULJJ JL DLX-tVJL XiJC/.l X1.LkXlVJJUU* There were thirteen articles laid before the two commissioners covering the following subjects: First?The relinquishment of sovereignty over and claim of title to Cuba. Second?The cession of Puerto Polco and other Spanish possession in the West Indies, together with Guam, in the Ladrones. Third?The cession of the Philippines. Fourth?The terms of the evacuation of the Philippines. Fifth?The pledge of the United States to preserve order in the Philippines pending the ratification of the treaty. Sixth?The release of military pri [ suueia mutually. I Seventh?The cession by Spain of the Island of Kusai. or Strong island, in the Carolines. Eighth?The mutual relinquishment of indemnity claims. Ninth?The religious freedom of the Carolines, assuring the rights of American missionaries there. Tenth?Cable landing rights at points within the Spanish jurisdiction. Eleventh?The release by Spain of political prisoners for offenses in Cuba and the Philippines. Twelfth?The pledge of the United States to inaugurate in the Philippines an "open door" policy and to guarantee the same to Spain for at least twelve years. Thirteenth?A revival of the treaties broken by the war. FOUB ARTICLES AGRtED UPON. The first three articles were mutually agreed uuon today, as was also the ar tide embodying the terms of the evacuation of the Philippines, which will be practically the same as in the evacuaation of Cuba and Puerto Rico. A Very Peculiar CaseA very peculiar case is now puzzling the people of Walterboro and vicinity. The Press and Standard gives the following particulars of it: "Thursday morning last Sam Eiggs, a Negro living in the low country, drove into town and presented Sheriff Owens with a horse and buggy and a double barrelled breechloading gun, with one barrel ! empty and the other loaded with buckshot Riggs said that Wednesday night two men broke into his house, cursed him and then would have shot him, but another Negro being present and knocking up the gun, the load took effect in the side of the house. He said that several of his friends were in the house with him then, and that before the man coold shoot again one of them had seized the gun and wrenched it from him; that the men being thus dis armed, gave up the attempt and fled. Their horse and buggy was tied nearby, but they were so closely pursued by the . enraged Negroes that they didn't stop, but continued their flight through the woods. The Negroes, failing to overtake their would-be lynchers, untied the horse, jumped into the buggy, drove to Walter'ooro and turned them over to the sheriff. Riggs says there were other white men near, but doe^ not know who they were or now many. But this is Riggs' side of the story. Mr. Dave Blocker, to whom the horse and buggy beloDged, tells another story| He came to town, regained possession of his property through claim and delivery proceedings. He says he was waylaid on the highway and deprived of the turnout. It is rather a peculiar case and somewhat involved in mystery." Our Jew Empire. T1, a ia1or>/1a wa fnlra 4V/vm SmiT) OQ ft I ^oiauuis TTV vaaw uvut ?*w * result of the war which has just termniated number more than two thousand. As they have never been counted or accurately surveyed we can't state positively the exact number or give their exact dimensions, bnt the best statistics available yield the following results as to areas in square miles: Cuba 45,000 Porto Rico 3,550 Hawaiian group 6,640 The Philippines 114,000 The Sulus 1,C00 The Carolines 1,000 Guam in Ladrones 500 m , i im can lotai xiJLjW^j The Hawaiian group was not takeix J from Spain, but as they form part of our new empire we include it with the others. According to the dimensions Cuba is about the size of New York, Ohio or Alabama. Porto Rico is a little smaller than Connecticut. The Hawaiian Islands are somewhat smaller than New Jersey, the largest island, Hawaii, being about twice the size of Delaware. The Philippines cover land space about as great as New York and the New England states together. Luzon, on which Manila is situated, it not much smaller than New York. All the new dependencies together are about equal in erea to the New JSngland. States, jxew iorK, rennsyi- ; vania and New Jersey. Thirty-Seven Live!? Lost. I Thirty-seven people were drowned } who were on board the Brithish steam- j er Clan'Drnmmond from the Clyde via ! Liverpool for Cape Good Hope, wrecked j in the bay of Biscay. The remainder of the ship's company saved nnmber 23. They are on board the British j steamer Holbein, Capt. Shurtock, from London and Antwerp for Rio Janeiro * anchored of Cascaes, 15 miles west of j here. The Holbein has propeller shaft- . ing in the tunnel broken. The Lesson'islPlain. It has been stated that because of * the low prices at which the farmer can procure the things he .has to buy, he is better off despite the fact that he gets < so little for his cotton, but this has been effectively and convincingly answered as follows in the Augusta Chronicle: Suppose a farmer's cotton costs 1.1 W> X .1 *1 a i-A ii AT\/^ V? A UJ.1U c/~vCLI* o A puuiiu LU UIOlLC ll?? 4X11U. sells it for 8-cents. He has 3-cenls a pound profit with "which to buy his sugar, coffee, clothing, shoes and other necessities. Now suppose that, though it cost him 5-cents to make it, lie only gets 4-cents a pound for it. Instead of having a balance to spend, he has lost money on his year's work. Now, what does it matter to the farmer who has not made a cent whether sugar, shoes, household goods, clothing, etc., are cheaper than they were a few years ago, if he has nothing with which to buy them? This is not a fancy Sketch, but ia lliD fl>?f /?ay?*?/vn+a mafiTT o AU wuv VXLCLV wuxivuug UiMUJ ? farmer today. Here is a statement from an intelligent man in Jefferson county who keeps books on Ms fanning operations. It is the experience of a white tenant. Rented a 2-horse farm $ 40.75 Paid for fertilizer 50.00 Hire and board of 1 hand 97.00 Necessary family expenses and taxes 64.00 Necessary farm expenses, gin-. ning, bagging, ties, etc-.. 38.15 $ 289.55 Recived for all products on farm..... $ 288.37 Balance to loss account 1.75 This is a rather discouraging result of a year's labor. It does not matter much to him that sugar, shoes, funiture and clothing are cheaper than ever before. Wherewifchall has he to buy? It is stated by the gentleman who furnished us these figures that the tenant is a thrifty, 3 J iDauainous man, ana in auuiiauu w laboring himself, two other members of his family worked on the farm. There are six in tlje family to clothe and shoe, etc., and there were doctor's bills $7.60 ana tares $2.40. Take these amounts from the amounts charged to "necossary family expenses," and one can judge whether the expenditures of this family of six persons were extravagant or not When such is the experience of an intelligent, industrious and ..1 iti economical iamiiy, m wmcn every ei fort was made to make both, ends meetit is easy to see how . much worse it was with a large percentage . who are shiftless and who kept no amount of expenditures or cost. It is a bad state of affairs, and all talk about 4-cent cotton not hurting the southern planter is simply talk and nothing more. In the abandonment of cotton to a large extent and the cultivation of diversified crops, the southern farmer must look for redemption. Cotton must be raised in the south, of course, and will continue to be, but the southern planter most raise his food crops also, and must learn to produce cotton at less cost. Hegro Iff ill Labor Failf. In the United States circuit court in Iharleston Saturday Judge Simonton ai pointed C. 0. White temporary receiver of the Charleston cotton mill upon application of Walters & Company, of Baltimore. The claims of these concerns amount to $30,000. It is alleged in the complaint that the liabilities of the Tnill amount to $125,000. The order issued is made returnable December 19th. The mill was reorganized about fourteen months^ ago, JNegro labor being substituted m it lor white labor. It was generally supposed^., to be doing a good business. Shot Three Men. Wednesday night Bob Cooper, West Wainwright and Bud Jones, all white men. went to the house of Henry Ellison, colored, who is a tenant on Sam P. Anthony's plantation, five miles west of Macon, Ga., and requested the' Negro to surrender, claiming they had a warrant for him. The Negro 'fired a double-barreled shot gan, killing Wainwright instantly and shooting Cooper in the side and Jones in the face. The wounds of Cooper and Jones are dangerous and their chances for recovery are doubtful. i A Horse Midget The premium midget of the New York horse show is a perfect horse, 29 inches tall, 7 14 hands high, weighing 127 pounds. He is four years old and eats a pint of oats three times a day, and when thirsty drinks a glass of wa- < ter. The Crime of Voting. The New York Presbytery of the Beformed Presbyterian church is in ses- j sion at Newberry for the purpose of try- , ic* about a score of members who are alleged to have voted at the presidential election of 1896 in violation of the 1 ehurch law which prohibits voting. from Maker Direct to Purchaser. 81 | A Good | I Piano 11 ?? WffltWfl Win last a m lifetime ?~ !?$ and Klve fiSi BBa a endless en- J** ^ joyment, ^ APocrPtoo S 1 ?S WiW *MB willlastatew H kex ^BSBSCEyfT^BW years an'd afi| ??fi "^T^r^wgSMBl give endleaa Wn ta?j* nui ~" "**i IiTTMTf^nl wwrfifln- MEf I Mathushek i' ^ Is always Good, always Reliable, ffil always Satisfactory, id ways Last- ??| ai lng. You take no chances in boy* Jm c 1 lDft' costs somewhat more than a S11 2 'gfj cheap, poor piano, bat Is much the * ?? cheapest in the end. jSffi No other High Grade Piano sold so SS| sea reasonable. Factory prices to retail VI JSC buyers. Easy payments. Write as* fiR LUDDEN & 8ATES* 3 | ^ Smrannnh, Ga_ mu<! NrffTwkCttj. |HI 1 Address: D. A. PBESSLEY, Agent Columbia, S. C. - ( r >R THE LlYiR-, JLNtHQ J S KIDKSTS, as Its name Imparts, ^Br 1 ?B it a stimilator and regulator to^B I ^ M 'm~h? organs. Is the best AfterI IV meaiA medicine to aid digestion fl| mK Prevents dead? chea. 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Send your gins at once to &e undersigned,*; W. J. ELLIOTT. | wCOLUMBIA> S. C. Located adjacent to the Tolet Engine Work July27 3m ^ Sold by dealers generally and by THE MURRAY DBTO CO., v | Columbia, S. C. THE CITY BY THE SEA. ^ The Keeley Institute S". E. Corner Vanderhorst and- JSmith. Streets, ' CHARLESTON, SO. CA, ^ Atlantic Ocean Surf Bathing, Yatch??J ik-I.:? rn?,- > rvg, XKHMtlilg UIIU J? IBXLUlg* XIVUCJT OUU ,nrry Rides, 1. 18 and 23 miles. Sullivn Island ana The Isle of Palms all ^ Fbe enjoyed while ander treatment iflfc ik Vt)iskev or Morphine AiS tion. I ' " .. ** )pens 3rd October and lill be the only J I?eele^nstitat^nth<^tateL^^ GOME mil SEE IT! j iVe will exhibit at the State I Fair to be held here Nov, 13th to 19th, in oper- J ation a iomplete hurray ginning complete m urray winning' m System, ' 'j ystem, milt by Liddellj Co.,J|Charotte, N. C. This trill afford all in tested au cpportnnir of ?dag the ao?t modern ahd simp ?t> finning Machinery, Yoa can't afford u> uw it. V.. E GIBBES & C0.<J