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| VOL LIf i ' "^^i-WTNNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANTIARY^ 11, 1899.-. ~ ' - || ^Hsome oSFTtlCL - Ex-Cov. MacCorkle f>n Our Agricultural CondonsRAILROADS AND FACTORIES. Libera! Laws Invite Capital and Capital is One of the South's ? ~ 51 Greatest Needsfat i this Time.:*; Hon. Wm. A. MacUorkl^ex-governor of "West Virginia, whoonade a na|g^? tional reputation for the great work ;':S%which he did in the development of .^Yest 'Virginia while g<ff ;rnor, conKjllgtributes to the January ni nber of the ^Southern Farm Magazine o f Baltimore an unusually interesting>pd striking discussion of southern farm' conditions, and How the agricultural" interests of the south can alone be made prosper ous. Governor MacCorkle^says: ''The farincr is not in a good way it the south. The totals of bis labor, taken as a whole, are em?rm<fus, but the farmer is jid't the gainer, and the south does not profit by her enormous yields as she should. She is another example of the proposition that a* country cannot become rich and strong through agriculture alone. The loom, the reaper and the anvil must go together Severed, they but furnish the raw material for other and more favorable .communities. _ Transportation, the factory and the farm under wise^and established laws can make the south an ioclustrial emTiirf anri flip sr>r,fh<sfn fafET<vr a mifi'Iitv power in the world's af&if." ; Discussing the situation, he says: "We cannot live under sa?h conditions as hare existed. The socf thern producer must change the me&yaising of the staples and seek other frcldaets for his farm. He cannot do ?fi*s as things v stand with him today, icnr with a long . iaul and no close honieffiEfcrket, he can- ! nrit r?n than t&Ie the* sterile* 1 of heavy farming. It inejeds no argu- 1 aient, but simply the refexpression of J ?he statement that the (glory of the southern farmer is to come through a ? change of methods looking to the diver- ( jification of his product. How will we * <o this? There is one way, and that 2 fs, enlarge our horizon, liberalize our 1 hws. tnrn our faces id the east, wol- c 7 , ' ~ "7 ?ome eastern and norfsern capital, es- \ tablish by the side of tie] waterfall and 0 m the midst of onr coition. fields, en- 1 throne on our iron Bkles and locate e amidst our magnificeiijolrests, the railroad and the factory. ||j s Diseussing the farmnsluation ia New n England and the lefsdwjto be drawn ^ from it by the south,j?frovernor Mac oi Ccrkle states in at ?ji " ** fcrf to summer he vestigation of the S]|fcaat' Rr rpa. sob of cheap western f-Janj Tast cf,aD m tha economies Jlof t' greater fertility of slil, I""/"""1 j j v tj iTj' rhere was produeed m JSew J.ngla,nd ? vear5 0 a tremendous farm {deprf*' * pr?ot ^ numbers of farmers.jwi^f ^ ^ * t v n ' able to understand the ejfi ha* . A > i r j ff-uanse tnat was taking place abandon,#^ g and went west They cidif f latum, andihought ?f ? ld Bot profitably raise tk:& ~ , " nnrn petition with the wSIMereaIs in Com" petition ; witn tne ws*| } ^ ^ no Me for the New EogbKj farmer; but m the last Id yepswi,. , fcfound out that thlSR They h"e ^iththe. west eom/lce heavier grains, in tie M^r9^inS t^.e i bogs and sheep, and Y?i?aifD\ ^ ' timed to new fields M'f17aTe The teemiDg manufacttJH0. agriculture, mand poultry, eggs, bof j*'1"5 t0*ns ae" : etables and the thiuscRT' fr^ Pi S" S that can be profitably IN smaU fruits I to a great population:? a ^a.cer? j shewn in a few ilIustrM.The rf" 1'! J the beef product of M| ftlons- ^ $8,188,564; in 1885 it X^^setts waS } loss of over $7,000,00ci:TaST>^V c a ures, which seemed to& ? .1 s" destruction of the agrif _ , lca1e. a grea of Massachusetts, ^r| cultural mte^st5 crease in milk, to ^hiMfset by !he in: their attention when j -^^ara^ers ,ur^ change that was takife^ found the 1885 the value of the % and m $10,312,762, while in Ffci- Product * f $1.956,187?a gain on ?* ing upthelossoa beef af'J^jV ; ? JJJ," IS*nri haTincSl.OOO. vuu to snare. ^.naiaii'-ia u- ,c?the milk product waifJr-ca:' 000. Ia 1897 t4e.? gi? able product, due air -'J VwUtn the growth ofmauufe <>st. alt0^er <? Bore thau $16 000,00 mm. gro^i over $2,Notwithstanding I ?1, soil of the -New -L H" J*' 1* r?? highest acreage t^|2pSlV'a"(^ ? s\ of improved farmprodu,ts ehuse'tts. RhodeI??f~?? '? three States in 1 ; ' of the sound of tfe ^^; -.ou a^e1at v i. of the factory, M 01 l'lc ji Mix v lowest v&Iue 01 fern products pegc ?"e lo is in the purely agBC. Egf*01 iiu v f Goveroor HE ^Uraral stated trates h!s point ti?t hundreds could if Sgf^ " establishmeat ilp|'> en, ba^c tory employiof &jo ^f?? s?te.of* fac" munity the ,e?i ftfev Inthfiw chaDge in the whole '?*- a,n "i tion. The boys, b ,:iS^cf T became operatives fcPSyj; .? ^?r a ?mxr?wa?iSJSR? tl5 '*"<*}, i* he *15*?? ijear of farm prou ,.j * j . ? . : .- .' 'Sr.ts was required to feed th? operatives V- "r . . tal. Tie variety o Jlor ^ ; .' f!*Ji ' c.ndec c-ggs. beans. produc s ra sole, melons, sma **ca r, j' ?nv (tier articles. On ^ ' lts ""V"^ 8)0 clear profit last # farmer made ?!. 00 crots. morettttffl."" 'ru.n.hls oel lie as a wWtfflaliH h0 ma?e 10 a" other trailed b^J'W >IB F?a?ccr' *a' ad com to fS#ra?? from wheal 1800 eMcUwlfef,"!?, ,s? ,d ,ast leai truck He SU0? *'orth of Sse great kSlM TMhaS t0 T e:rsiust uake^Jjf K ^^e ?0.ut^eru iarmtfe aitentioa .2f i l^atior. ? attract "fehiir cooperate * ta-)V vSt^/n - ^ toies. the dSf^1 lhe bu*ldia?of fac: i& construotgll^^ ?f ml?es and t J ^?ailro?.ds. *.v ind. in eiflfiLf. i, {, . , Vw i;T snA^i - "' Sjovernor MaeCorkie WsplifM ? iocerity and ^hatooelj -'^saccess.^^ m . 'BF without intending it, our law? ha^ constituted in fear rather than t! I^f of corporate enterprises. Let ."|p? move this barrier by liberal leg'^|^ and invite the railroad* and :||p Capital for them will not comfc- p| in incorporated form. Mere ti advantages will not suffice, liberalizing.of our laws will coeaptrl. tal manufactories and railroa< tlie railroads and manufacto- w.tp comc the fruition of the hop<f Crtlltli Am T AIIV c?]p I I'm uwuviu L uviW uuiJ oai he will see around him the wavorifciii the nodding heads of the cot'ollii*^ mingled with-the orchard, toidej^^ and delight the s-mall farmer, eo from the manufactories will f. th g?=|| green land, and the whirr of iec W&R will gladden and delight eve'e;, |||? The rush of the locomotive wifrb us the civilizing influence of lands, and amidst his perennia M mj the southern farmer will dwell i?| piness wnich is denied any othei^c , of the soil^ | WHAT GOMEZ SAYS. | me il ie ; i ? In a Proclamation He Advises C aco I V. W-iattoDo. , glity General Maximo Gomez fro^'0 n: camp 200 miles westward near -fl^as Cuba, has addressed a proclamatfflW the Cuban army advisinc asainarro banding;until the proceedings at P&-)lc ington regarding the pay of the ipM n gent troops have been cornpletep^^ is dated December 29, and is follows: 'The moment has arrived t?p|||| public explanation of my conduc * my purposes, which are always cord with my sense of duty to the try I serve. The Americans, t jjSs| oar allies, have terminated the wa ||||| Smin or?rl cinrnnr^ believed it was *my duiy to mojppip any political or other object frcr spot where I had drawn my swo ||||||2 long as the enemies of the arm not completely evacuated the i ||||| My presence elsewhere would hav |p*?| turbed the repose and calmness sary to consolidate peace; nor ox to have cause the Cuban trouble I :p@jM innecessary manifestations durir -The r>orm^ rv-P ff ^ JL/Wiv/W. WJ- <,iCY"OAUiVU ? ited; the army of th<? cnemyjj^'^>^ >ning the country; .he great United Stptes is begir^;^^ is. stipulated in the- protocol, ofW^-0he island. But Cuta is not freefe^s^ lependent. Self-government is n&^ v;.onstituted. For th;t reason vref ledicate ourselves p bringing he disappearance o'the causxfgf rican intervention & ' cjgss3s!BHi '"But above everting pint of justice to *j Cuba*"? AV-lgS ecessary that befnthe }ji ae people can disfje as f order, that the Qvrhic I *' 7 owes to its sca^\ Rho/" my present position, alwaysij ^-jj ^ help the Cuban finish the vrortfj ?-horfA I have dedicated my life." P k0pe ( Sensation in Havanafp could 1 A dispatch from Havana saHll ^an 1 ternoon paper Wednesday set a W through the city with a repfad r/p torture and execution chafoe , , J been found at the residency i?i Spanish military governor. jat luc::>c the palace. The papers decked there the Spanish officials |ng 0 and murdered 60 prisoners. |m- fer ^r< to their accounts, the floor ofjics i0W"Pr ber was covered with dried blfete lses 1 walls was indented withjth- we,,cai strokes. An excited crowd was ered outside the residence, The a VvTT rj-OT> pulj: i wwog ICIO t WVU|/iV\A K/J V VI*- A v** ^il I 111 j reported torture chamber nng D?a ti about 8 by 8 feet, just off rob- To oo room. As a matter of fact ^-all ?i.:s ably used as a pantry. Iiised uA* 1 there is a dirty iron bar, evi^colto hang meat on, and a piecjt is i ored rope is suspended froiijrac- _Q_ j inconceivable that Gen. Paim. >. ticed torture next to his din Sr ^ ? j Oi wh: Settling Old Scor; the c.uced Two bills were introd-ature pose ^ house of the North CaroL^te to in the requiring all railroads ii "Jte and had p: operate separate coaches Jjjntro- 1'^ve colored passengers. A' ||State not sc duced in the house to ai || the ter ofl constitution to the effect ;^tion presei moneys arisiug from .'Mper- State, of the polls and ^gtfblic tie ov ty of the white rac^rS tin of (>e schools shall be approifggs the richei support of the public Casing not b white race, and all the ||| pr0. lacy, from the taxation of theji^ yic Lo< perty of the Negro rapg ^o comir schools, slall be ^pr^is of farrae the support of the ?5$^^ js ably ; - -V- " TW V , ine .>egru .i^v ? opuia- ?nv now proportioned accordr^ as raisec tion, the Negroes gettin?\0Ugh scctic per capita as the white the b* on they pay only about 10 whea taxes. "c mortj Sailing of oi^4eCo. 1 ?, A dispatch from Sa%\ >aorn- farmi lumbia State says earlj^li car_ prosf ing of last week the Scr^ ? ave- I v olina regiment broke cam \rbarf. log a nue and marched to Gc^Rou- the * where they boarded the t Hmma- ovcrc mania. At noon the trai re- mine nia sailed for Habana, Cj ^ the i by n< gimcnt was formed at <.* the cotto march immediately ^>e?|\treets monc Carolinians passed throu^ wav- solut J they were greeted withclg The | upon ! ing of hands and ^ hanadefc n.ost | iner soldiers parted with thein:; }iave ton i reluctantly, for many o|| lives age ( never been treated bettK?:.'jjanSt TCiil i than they have beenb}' son t The men were all in the abuu when they left. The**||p|rs jn ; good wishes showered tion they passed. of al T.pp Hnnntv "Rnr-^:i ?? and , J| aieni j.ee county is deaajgj^ After going throug-jgggjUv of phases the suprer gigi&b- ! cottc knocked it out, ho!di^t^^jjn. as m lishing it was unconotip^g lt ' j ion was written by that I is hard on the Lee ftri t der the act of the county the rggRte; Ai fruI1 estaDhshed a ? had paid taxes 15 . however, have )' ' the comptroller : cision by the e years yet befo; can acain vot' -r , establishes - " ~ " - -* 11? ": \?~, ~ rr3g0"pyc-.- r-v H - Sallill^ |11 THE COTTONTOT.b : I c> ! It Blunder That Farmers Should | c Avoid This Year. Jj SE SUPPLIES AT HOmTg h n 10 Arrived to Stop Relying n c 1 a Crop That Sells Below t llll .^Production. ? New Year's address 0 ^j^r^een issued by the commisof agriculture of the State of gia: ^ Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1S99. * je beginning of the new year is ^ i us and lS9Swith all its hopes and pponitments, is a thing of the pa?t. ^ rill be well for each of us at this before we commence our work for vear, to take a calm and thoughtful g of the situation, and then to act, as me sensible men. ^ hat, then, do we find to be the con>n of the average Georgia farmer at time? Aftei working for months lake and gather a large cotton crop, * he any money ielt ironi its saie^T^ emphatically no. Those farmers E fortunate indeed who have been j I to pay the debts incurred by theiu iaking the last cotton crop, the vast | fl^ ! sips ! : XI an ; #10 > *ses, < ^gcod ; 'V|adhs! < : ith the idea thatuaelnd(& i ghbors iminish their cotiflr fleiPIpe and re you will increas^eajpsa in the Df getting a good pirsa&. There >e nogreatermistake "of judgment his, as the selfish farmer^, so act- B ill find to his cost at the -^end of ison. ^ reorgia made no cotton this ^year, >s would doubtless be made uup by arly increased acreage of rich ^?ot- S; ads brought into cultivation wtost tl Mississippi river. We had beW ^ jpare ourselves for long period o% .' iced cotton, for the outlook prom-\- ^ ! ??? Kainor nronarpH V lULIlIUiJ CJOC, O.UU. L'VIUJ [OVC-.V., ,, i better endure such a calamity. v;" 33 years we have relied on cot- v4 one with which to purchase every- ^ else. During that time we have ? i not less than 20,000,000 of bales, at a moderate estimate, fully 1 000,000. What has become of ist amount of money; which, if So1 .t home, would have made us one ? richest States in the Union? It 11 gone to pay the farmers and a 1 racturers of the north and east for sa* ies of various kinds, every item ich we could and should have pro- y within our own borders. Sup- H3 ve had made only 10,000.000 bales ?. past 33 years, and in addition oil tVio ctin-nlinf? that we I ^ 1 UUU\/^/U (ill vuv ? bought from other States, is it :lf evident that we would be bet- <?, : by $400,000,000 than we are at ' at? The entire property of the ? , cities included, is uow but a liter ?400,000,000. and the farmers orgiar ought alone to have been ; by this vast aiiount, had they Hj een deluded by the all-cotton fal- pj :>k around you in your different L lunities and note the successful _ :rs of your acquaintance; invari- ^ j'ou will find them to be the men J!' have diversified their crops and i th/>;FAtrr, cunnlips. No State or I JL IUV>H V/ >i 4-1 - >n. can prosper that relies entireone crop. Kansas tried it with t, until most of her farms were 9 iaged, and she was only saved fr utter ruin, it is said, by the "hen . he cow." Now, with diversified ja ing, she is again on the road to leriiy. rritc as a farmer to farmers, know- w nd appreciating the difficulties in ray, but I believe they can ail be m* :ome by a persistent and deter- jj d effort in the rigkt direction. 15 ^ j means advise the abandonment of fc n culture, for we have no other :y crop upon which we can with ab- ? e certainty depend: but I urge and plead with each and every far- ] in the State to plant no seed cotiut.il he has planted such an acre>f each and every other crop that ^row on his land, that, let the sea>e dry or wet, he will be assured of ^ dant and varied provision crops. P; iddition to this, let proper atten- -* be given to the raising of stock of f1 il kinds, particularly cattle, hogs 15 poultry. With proper manage- ^ t, it is easier and cheaper to raise a . id of pork or a pound of any .ind 11 )ultry than it is to raise a pound of P >n, andyeta pound of pork is worth r uch to three times as much as a id of cotton. The papers stated Atlanta alone used 10,000 turkeys hanksgiving day, and I venture to e that nine-tenths of thc-m came j a i Tennessee and Kentucky. What I r mnientarvou our method of farm- | e : t good beginning has been made in j r right direction in the sowing of the t est wheat crop probably in the late i orv of the State. A fair crop of fall t jhas also been planted, but the acre- i 3 ge shok^|^ e~i?jublecl or trebled with^ ao>Wf:^repare t0 P-ant a g??d orI1 CJr^' 110* ^ess t^aQ ^ *? ^ acre3 0 and be sure to either broadast^ld peas in your corn at the last or drop them on, or by the Bpof the corn rows at the second fowing. Then prepare not less than ve acres to plow tor sucn crops as roundpeas, potatoes, sugarcane, milit, etc. After that put 10 acres, and o more, in cotton, regardless of who lay advise you to the contrary. A rop like this will give you 25 acres to he plow, and that is enough for north reorgia, though in middle and south I-eorgia, a few more acres might be ultivated in corn orgroundpeas. Buy as little guano as possible, but se all the home-made fertilizers that ou can get together between this and Wanting time. Stop buying hoehandles, axhelvcs, lames and other things that you can nd should make at home on rainy .ays. Never go to town with an empty ragon, but :ilways carry something to ell. if only a load of wood. Buy nothing or. credit if you can posibly avoid it. Better suffer some priations than ?0 in debt. If wo would be independent and prosjerous, we must farm on the lines sug;ested. No other roads will lead us out if the woods in which we are now aloost hopelessly lost?but if we will folow tne course I have endeavored to daze out. we will in a short time be a lappy, prosperous and contented peo)le. ecome self i.hat their customers 'and tenants sha'lj plant a large cotton crop in order to gel "applies, i nis course, mtnerto pursuea, bag resulted in greatly increasing the jotton acreage, to tlie serious injury?1 may even say almost ruin?of all hands concerned. If they would try the opposite course, extending aid and credit Dnly to those who make their food sup plies, how different and how gratifying would be the result. I appeal particularly to the merchant, who, by theii insistence on a large cotton acreage before credit would be extended, have practically "killed the goose that laid the golden egg.'' JLet tnem race kbout" and refuse credit to their custo f|ers who may contemplate planting a cotton acreage. If suck a course ilppld be adopted and carried out, it ?*|3sno gift of prophecy to foretell that amount of property and suffering banished from our State. ;w;.'\niore than willing to help on this r:#fS\se by every meaas in my power, ^^^^rreatest reward that the condepartment could offer me e satisfaction of feeling that even though in a verj yn restoring to the sufferGeorgia, that plenty and ?*?iaeVi^^h they once enjoyed. \ O.B.Stevens, J Commissioner. CRIMINALS AGGRESSI0N T rvan Quotes McKii\ . " ^Ley on xne Annexation Is *sne. Col. William Jennings\ ,, . .A pringfield, 111., last Wedrf?ry.an V1S* ? . ,, , Aesday and ie le evening addressed an ib . ~ t , ^mense aulence in Central music haU, ^ ^ lg the question of annexatY. M Tyan said: ''The party that w?;00' lg to oppose the gold standard ?,s Wl11' was wrong out to be good enouJ?^11^ ppose an English colonial system.2",tc mse it is manwrong. It is asto#. ?' 35 that any man living in this ageVs ! 3V world in the United States shorn h\)ld the doctrine of securing land b'id aqVuest. Blaine was against it iri^ t)0. V And a year ago last December s president of the United States sent nessa^ge to congress, and in that mes;e he ^said: 'I speak not of forcible nesati^pn, because that is not to be ought cfef; and under our code of mor.ty that $(vould be criminal aggression.' 7 friends^ there is a great moral ques>n involved, declared so by your esident; a \ code of morality is in estion. andV according to that code, r annexation is .criminal aggression. ! say, give independence to the peo e of Cuba, no^ because we promised them, but because they fought for it id have a right it "whether we prom;d it or not. _ Why cannit we apply e eame principleuo the Philippines? 'hy should we purchase a title to the tiilippines from SpAin? We declared at Spain did not hs\ve any title to iba. When I buy \the Filipinos I mt to deal directly w^th them and I mtto pay more than ^2.50 apicce for iem. \ Honor Among ThievesA man arrested in Xetor York the ,fter day for snatching a foocket-book om a woman and was identified by jr as the thief. After he ha^.d been in ,il for several days another m\?n came irward and voluntarily confessed that 2 had snatched the pocket-bo\>k and laced it in the pocket of the mfyi who as arrested when he found himself in mger of detection. 'When the second an was shown the woman she \also lentified him as thp man who robbed er. The moral of ..uis story is tw^o>ld. First, there is sometimes "hon^pr aiong thieves;" second, it is not a?.. ays safe to accept the identification of; prisoner by an excited woman as conlusive evidence of guilt. A Hard Fate. A dispatch from Madrid says Colonel ulson San Martin, who was in comland of the Spanish garrison at Ponce, 'uerto Kico. when the United States roops under Gen. Mi-es landed in the sland and who abandoned the place ithout resistance, has been sentenced o imprisonment for life. He will be Qcarcerated at Ceuta, the Spanish enal colony in Morocco, opposite Gib altar. A Good Profit. The Columbia State says that Chairnan T. J. Cunningham, stated Wednesday that the financial showing of the >enitentiary for the past year would be xcellent, considering the low price of he markets. A number of improved nents have been made on grounds and mildings. and $10,000 will be turnel nto the State treasury, leaving several housand dollars upon which to comnence operations this year. THEY WILL FIGHT. If Our Forces Insist on Occupapation of the Cities. THE CABINET IS SO PLEDGED. Aguinaldo Has Gone to lloilo to Take Command. Warlike News Via Paris. Filipino Terms. An official telegram received in Paris by the Filipino junta dated Manila, Jan. 4, says that Aguinaldo has gone to Iloilo, at the request of the insurgents there, to place himself at their head, with the view of their possible fighting with the Americans. The dispatch also gives a list *of the members of the new Filipino cabinet, with facts as to their antecedents. The following have definitely accepted office: President of the cabinet and minister of foreign affairs, Mabini. Minister of the interior, Teodoro Sandico, a civil engineer, educated in England and Belgium and taken to Manil. from Hong Kong by liear Admiral Dewey. Ministerof finance, Gen. Trimus, a close ally of Aguinaldo. " " ? i-ii iuinister 01 puuuu wuias, Gonzaga, a lawyer, until recently the Filipino agent.at Hong Kong and for?merly Spanish attorney general in theVisayas. ^ *b <1 1 ^ Q cording to these advices, to resist the ; American military occupation of the : Philippines. A memlwr r\f flip Tulininn innta here explains that Aguinaldo did not run . away, but "left Manila for the mountainous region behind Cavite, in order P to make ^ocret arrangements for his ' voyage to LI -ilo." The Filipino who furnishes this information also catgorically and specifi. cally asserts that the latest telegraphic : advices declare that if the Americans . insist upon the occupation of the prin] cipal cities by the American troops the , whole of the Filipinos will "resist by , force of arms." | Mabini, it appears, claims recogni. tion of the independence of the Phili! pine islands and will not coisent to the release of. the Spanish prisoners, but,jit . is added, he is willing to come to an understanding with the Americans "as . allies," for the surrender of the Span; ish military and civil officials and J others, which will only be made on the r following conditions: 1. The- negotiations to be opened for[ mally between S.paia and the national Filipino government. Spain nominating a delegate to ireat therewith. 2. An exchange of prisoners and Spain to repatriate, firstly, all the Filipinos held prisoners for having been directly or indirectly connected with the insurrection; secondly, all orison. ers of war condemned as traitors, revolters or deserters, or for having in any manner seconded the Filipino movement during the present century, [ this surrender to be made before the t Filipinos release the Spanish prisoners, and Spain to grant amnesty to all Filipinos and Spaniards accused of complicity in the insurrection. 3. Spain to defray all, the expenses of repatriating the Filipino prison> ers and also the cost of maintain? ing and repatriating the Spanish pris oners held by the Filipinos, such pay ment being considered a warindemnity; ' the national Filipino government conl sents to pay the expense of repatriating r those Filipinos captursd in formal ac, tion, although, it is added, ''as a mat ter of fact the Filipinos are also entitled to demand the payment "thereof by A^nain." Friars taken Prisoners, it is illftr- r f jnyther asserted, will not be iucluJcd as exchaiige', '"seeing that they act thci?aPaI agents during the war, but CijudiV.urrcuaer wou^ be made on the delegaftfon' .firstly, that the apostolic pope; s4? as^ their liberty in the tifical ddlcon(^^3 that all bulls and ponleges to thPrees .granting special privithirdly, tm? religious orders be revoked; clergy be res^a^ rites of the secular friar hold anVecte(? 5 fourthly, that no pal or diocesaV parish, cathedral, epi co all such prefe^ preferment; nnniy cnai or naturalizedY^nts ^el'd by native sixthly, that rul<x-Filipino clergy, and bishops be fixed, ^?r the election of CONFIRMED _ Leading represen^31 H0NG ko.vg. pino junta iu Hong J^atives of the Filiof an interview with t?ong:u the course of The Associated Pre^;~ correspondent clared that the seriouif Thursday dePhilippines is due to whs c"sis the nate as "overt, unfair trelfc they desigFilipinos by the United S?*tme?t of the said that despite the knowuVtes-" They the whole of the Visayas gru ^act that : e ? *_a>UD was in pobsessiuii Ui LUC A'iiipiUU 1UIVA Otis was ordered to take posscvs>. "en* the entire archipelago and dispp10n ?. troops and warships to the so?at? d Visayas. The Filipinos, according ern the junta representatives, are deters? .t0 ed to prevent the landing of the AjE?in" icau atJloilo, and may, as a last reso^ifr" destroy the city for strategical purpose1' The junta insist that a rupture of the? friendly relations now existing between'' '"the rilinino national government (and the American executive is imrui \nent and that hostilities are probable Unless what they characterize as the ' unreasonable, un'^r and overbearing PO?licv of the Americans" is modified. X h<ny" say the Filipinos "would deeply regi-et such a rupture, but would accept it as inevitable." In concluding the interview the spokesman of the junta ^representative said: "The Filipinoes Appeal to the American people to uphold >he rights of mankind and to avoid bloodshed, assuring the Americans of oiir desire to [complete a friendly settlenient through an impartial commission 0f inquiry. The Filipinos loyally supported the Americans against the common ^nemy: and they now look to the American nation to fulfill the the promises made1-*-^ Aguinaldo at Singapore before he J5?oceeded to assist Admiral Dewej- All the Filipinos ask is the truest i.nd best rights of mankind." THE JfEWb jy; MADRID. The following Oijcial dispatch has been received in Madrid from Manila: I "The insurgents refuse to liberate the ; prisoners on the demand of the Americans, laiming cthat this might be construed as an act of submission to-the United States. With regard to liberating monks, the insurgents intend to negotiate with the Vatican directly. Gen. Rios has now opened direct negotiations with the insurgents concerning the prisoners."' DESPERATE ROBBERS. Six Highwaymen Do Ugly Work ia the City of Chicago. | A Chicago dispatch says sixhighwaymen who were endeavoriDg to make their escape after having held up the dry goods store of H. C. T. Boorman, at 823 Twentv-Srst Place, engaged in a shooting affray with Policemen Edward Wallner and John McCauley Thursday evening and both officers were wounded, Wallner dying three hours later in the hospital. McCauley was shot in the arm and hip, but will re cover. When Wallner and McUauley were called to the scene of the robbery they started in pursuit of the men. The officers drew their revolvers, but hesitated about firing because of people on the street. When the six robbers reached an alley they ran behind a fence and opened fire on the officer?. Both policemen ran into the street and returned the shots. Wallner was wounded at the begining of the encounter and McOauley was left to do battle with the men alone. After firing more than .a'dozen shots at the officers the six'men turned and ran up the alley, McCauloy following them and received j a second vound. fie was then forced I onVp nn thrt nhase and the robbers store when the store, one remaining at the door They - robbed Boorman of $35 and watch and took $5 and a watch fror Carlson. There is no clue to thei identity. TEE LYNCHING LAW. A Nice Point Argued Before the Stat Supreme Court. The Columbia Record says in th< State Supreme Court at Columbia I Wednesday morning a case of consid erable interest was argued on appea from Orangeburg county. The case if important from the fact that it has reference to the constitutional provisior that the heirs and administrators of i party lynched may sue the county it which the lynching occurred. Aboui a year and a half ago a negro named ? ? i?. j Jtsrown was jyuuueu iu v/iiii^cyuig county, the charge against h?m bein^ that he had burned several barns ol farmers in the county His tody was strung up on the side of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad tract, exposed to the view of passengers and those who traveled by the dirt road. Bui tW i<s neither here nor there. His ad' ministrator, Isaac Brown, brought suil againstyhe county for $20,000 damages, Judge Aldrich presided at the courl and he decided that the constitutional provision applied only to prisoners whc were taken from the custody of lega officers and then lynched, but did no1 apply to those persons lynched who hac not been in the custody of officers. The attorneys for the administrator ther appealed and the question was argued before the court Wednesday morning. Messrs. Raysor & Summers and*Mf/J. B. McLaughlin represented the negro. Mr. 3. H. Branson, C. Gr. Dantzlei and William C. Wolfe represented the county. Will Stop Smallpox. Gov. Ellerbc received a long lette: Wednesday from Senator Manning oi I Sumter, in reference to the smallpoi I "dtu uiou in that county. In it hesayi that the Negroes afflicted with tl e dis ease attend meetings, and that the dis ease is being spread all over the county He says the white people are appalled. Continuing, he says: ''I write, there fore, to ask that you will give instnic tions to Dr. Jas. Evans to take sucl steps as are necessary to deal with th< emergency and save us from the horror of such a calamity. If you have no the available funds, lam confident tha the legislature will make provision t< reimburse you for any expenditure tha is absolutely necessary to prevent wide spread suffering and death to many o our eiiizens." Governor Ellerbe ha tic emergency fund to meet the situa tion, but in view of the appeals madi to him he sent the following telegran to Dr. Evans: "Take full charge of th< smallpox situation in Sumter county T u-ill bnrrnw monev to carrv on thi work.''?Columbia State. Owned and Run by Negroes. Last week at Concord, N. C., 'th machinery of the only cotton mill in th world owned and operated by Nogroe was started. Two years ago Warren C Coleman, a well-to-do colored citizei of Cuueurd. began to canvass the Stat in the interest of such a factory. Ilo^ well he succeeded was shown to-da, when the seven thousand' five hundre' spindles began to turn. The mill wa given Coleman's name in well deserve' compliment for he secured subscription aggregating $30,000. White people x> North Carolina are much interested i: V the success of the experiment. A rail un South Carolina employing Xegro la 0por failed but the Coleman concern i Organized on a different basis. Th ^jeman mill is the 23">th cotton mil emp^peration in North Carolina. Itwil The ^ Persons; half of them adults \ock is widely scattered. \ \Evacntion of Havana. LvacutV. , quietly.- 30n* - at "avana passed o: ish flags we^1 noon on Sunday the Spar can flags wev-re ^ovvet"e(^ an^ the Amer: luted. Sons\reJ isted' cach beinS ss W f0* Generals Lee and Bui parade of the V of .the fla?swatched in silen\Amerlcan Jr00Ps wa Lee was much cB?e escept that Genen nnri tliat th^v weni??. the Cuban i ? -it frantic witn aeiigfl when the men of i. * drewfr?m under put under arrest. ThS1 " ered along the water ^Spaniards gatt mourning and watebedV d,re^ of the Spanish officers in c+*?J-- -.'yf: t f^yz t??*- ? \i? * ^ ^ar> . " Ex-President Clevelandi^^^^^ the request of a representativeness Associated Press, for an expression o$f the question of expansion and annexation, said:" I do not care to repeat my views concerning the prevailing epidemic of imperialism and territorial t1. -i. expansion. Assuming, however, mat my ideas oh the subject are antiquated and unsuited to these progressive days^ it is a matter of surprise to me that .refusal of certain natives of our near'possessions to acquiesce in the bepeiicence of subjecting them to our control and management should in the least disturb our expansionists. This phase of the situation ought not to have been unanticipated nor the incidents naturally growing out of it overlooked. The remedy is obvious and simple. The misguided inhabitants of eur annex?d territoy who prefer something different from the plan for their control which I we propose or who oppose oui designs ia their behalf should be slaughtered. The killing of natives has bjen a feature of expansion since expansion began and 01 r imperialistic enthusiasm should not be checked by the prospeci tive necessity of destroying a few thou sand or a few hundred thousand Filipi: nos. This should only be regarded as s one stage in a transcendantly great i movement, a mere incident in its progress. Of course some unprepared [ souls would then be lost before we had the opportunity of Christianizing them, 3 but surely those of our clergymen wtic , have done so much to encourage expana Q r Whiskey Made of the Refuse of Sorghum Molasses. The Columbia State says certain sections of South Carolina produce an ine toxicating liquor which is obtained from the refuse of the sorghum cane after the syrup has been extracted. This beverage is known as ' 'susat." > The dispensary officials have been i suspicious that illicit stills have been . manufacturing this fiery beverage and [ for the past month Chief Constable j assisted by Constables W. R. Crawford, . James Crocker and J. E. Lightfoot. ! have been looking for these stills. t Mr. Bahr was in the city yesterday , and reported that they had captured t eight of these stills. He had a sample of the stuff which was labelled "tus; sick" or "swamp whiskey." It was r white in color and almost pure alcohol, ? as could be told from the blaze emitted ; when a little ?as poured on the fire. These stills were nearly all located . on the border line between Lexington ? and Orangeburg counties. The stills t kept but a small supply of stock on hand, as not more than 70 gallons were t captured. The majority of these stills con tained copper Settles and copper worms, [ but some had iron kettles and vessels. , Mr. Bahr destroyed all the stills but I one, which he shipped to the State (lis pensary. The bottle which Mr. [ displayed was corked with a siopperjp ; swamp root. This is as light as cork t and as resilient as rubber. The enter[ prise of these people in trying to utilize the products of the soil is quite commendable, but their judgment in pre, venting their uses seems to be an error. Want the Office AbolishedAt the regular monthly meeting of th< State board of control Wednesday il was, on motion of Mr. Williams, deci f ded that a committee of two be appointf ed to formulate the recommendation: i of the board to the general assembly, 3 The report is to deal principally witi . the purchase of the new dispensarj . bulding, the handling of beer priv ileges, and the disposition of the county boards of control. On motion oi Vf iUa ia f A flrtri lUr. UUUper, tuc m; w vuu . sist of Messrs. Williams and Hasleden, i The State board has long since been disj satisfied with the operations of th< 5 county boards, and one of the.member? t stated Wednesday that the annual re t port would advocate the doing awaj ) with the county boards, which cost th( t State about $12,000 a year.and are real - ly of not much service. It is statec f that the State board will probably re 3 commend that the senator and repre . sentatives from .each county constitute e an advisory board for the purpose of ac 2 tions upon questions which perplex th< a State board, and upon which informa . tion could in no other_way be obtained e ?Columbia State. Not Ruffians After All. "General Ludlow, military governo of Habana, commenting on the freed ">n e from disorder, ^id that it was remark e able, Lionel Moulton. commander o s the Hafena police, said that the ab sence or crime after such an extraordi o nary political change had no parallel ii e history." And McCullagh.' formerl' v chief of police of New York, finds tin 7 Habaneros ''mild and tractable'' an< d even Gen. Brooke is pleased with thei s excellent behavior. These are the peo 3 pie who were represented a few day s ago as a set of bloodthirsty ruffians f hating all order aad eager to massacri n the Spaniards.?Columbia State. Too Much Kissing. s "The editors of the relizious paper i e xia\e uu imjie u^c iw 11 since the reports of his kissing mani; II began to come in. The Northwester: Christian Advocate, the Methoais weekly of Chicago, is so exercised tha it threatens the hero of Santiaqo ii genuine Hibernian fashion by cuviar ~ ing he 'will not only be quickly forgot ten, but his name will be a by-word un (" less he quickly ceases the discreditabl* l" course he has pursued for the past fev L" weeks.' "?Springfield Republican. e Blew the Maine UpA Havana paper accuses a Spaniari ^ by the names of Sencarias Bresnes. witl 6 three others, of blowing up the Unite* lt States battleship Maine. Bresnes y who is a lawyer and politician, sailet L" for Spain about two weeks ago. Th< r" instalments of the story thus far havi s been devoted to the alleged felonies am l" treacheries- of Bresu^s. The edito n' his readers to be patient, as ir ^pf^le they wilj get the facts regard Maine explosion. He describe ;^as "largely moral.'' _ With the signature of the treaty (% peace between the arms, the future control, disposition and government of the Philippine islands are ceded to the United States. in i'ulhiment of the rights ot sovereignty thus acquired and the responsible obligations of government thus assumed, the actual occupation and administration of the entire group of the Philippine islands becomes immediately necessary and the military government heretofore maintained by the United States in the city, harbor and- bay of Manila is to be extended with all possible dispatch to the whole of the ceded, territory. i'. g_;" / Tn noi-fn-rminor this dnt.V the milltttTV ~ commander of the United States is en- ,-. joined- to make known to the inhabitants of the Philippine islands that, in V suceeding to the" sovereignty of Spain, J : in severing the former political rela- " --i tions of the inhabitants and in estab- . 1 lishing a new political power, the authority of the United States is to be ex?-J ! -_ A!? 4.X>n ercea ior txie seuuiii/jr vn. mo and property of the people of the islands and for the coafijpjation of all their private rights- and rel^crotl^-HR; 1 will be the duty <3? the commander of the forces of occupation to announce and proclaim in the most public manner that we come, not as invaders or conquerors, but as friends to protect the natives in their homes, in their employments and in their personal and religious ' rights. All persons who, either by active aid or by honest submission, cooperate | with the government of the United States to give effect to these beneficent : purpose will receive the reward of its ' support and protection. All others will 1 be brought within the lawful rule we ' have assumed, with firmness if need be, ' but without severity so far as may be ' possible. Within the absolute domain of mili; tary authority, which necessarily is and [ must remain supreme in the ceded ter. ritory until the legislation of the United . States shall otherwise provide, the mu, nicinal laws of the territory, in respect to private rights and property and the t repression of crime are to be considered r as continuing in force, and to be admin. istered by the ordinary tribunals so far . as> practicable. The operations of civil I and- municipal gowrnment are to be . performed by such officers as may accept the supremacy of the United States i by taking the oath of allegiance or by ; offices chosen as far as may be practi5 cable from the inhabitants of the islands. r While the control of all the public i propersy and the revenues of the state - passes with the cession, and while the 1 use and maDagement of all public - means of transportations are necessari ly reserved ithority of the ? United Sfates. private ptcoerty, wheth er belonging to individuals or corpora2 tions is to be respected except ?u? cause - duly established. The taxes and duties / . heretofore payable by the inhabitants^"*^^'^^. to the late jroveroment become payable to the authorities of the United States ' unless it be seen fit to substitute for r them other reasonable rates or modes J of contribution to the expenses of gov ernmeut, whether general or local. If f private property be taken for military - use it shall be paid for when possible zn - cash at a fair valuation, and when pay2 ment in cash id not practicable, receipts f are to be given. j All ports and places in the Philip* pine islands in the actu^ possession of r the land and naval forces of the United States will be opened to the commerce s of all friendly nations. All goods and ? wares, not prohibited for military rea2 sons by due announcement of the military authority, wiil be admitted upon pa> ment of such duties and other charges as shall be in force at the time i * of their importation. jj a Finally, it should be the earnest and Ma paramount aim of the military adminis- mt[ l tration to win. tlie confidence, respect t and affection of the inhabitants of the JK| ! Philipines by assuring to ihem in every j . possible way tnat full measure f indi- , . victual rigius ana nuerues wuicu is iuc MvSi; . heritage of free peoples, and by prove ing to them that the mission of the r United States is one of- benevolent as- -4 similation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule. In the fulfilment of' this high mission, i supporting the temperate administra1 tion of affairs for the greatest good of 1 the 'governed, there must be sedulously . maintained through the strong arm oi 1 authority, to repress disturbance and to 2 overcome all obstacles to the bestowal ? of the blessings of good and stable gov1 ernment upon the people of the Philip- . r pine islaods under the free flag of the