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y \, / VOL LIII \ ^ WINNSBOKO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1899. NO. 49 ~M * ^ _ ?m?, THE SUMMER SCHOOL For Teachers Closes Its Succssful and Valuable Work. IT WAS A MARKED SUCCESS. The Final Day Devoted to Examinations in the Several De partments. A Closing Concert. The State summer school at Rock Hill for teachers closed "Wednesday night. The last day -was a very busy one and a very interesting one; it was the day of examinations. Written examinations were held in all the class except political ethics and primary methods. It was not considered advisable to hold examinations in these subjects. The examination in Victorian poetry was held Tuesday, mere were enrolled in all the classes 379 students: all save a half dozen or so were teachers. Of these not more than ten or fifteen dropped out, so that about 360 stood the examinations Tuesday and Wednesday. The results ;8 these examinations will be published later. \ At dinner the last day Mr. J. Frank Fooshe called the large body to order and offered for consideration the following resolutions: Whereas we, the teachers in attendance at the State summer school at Winthrop, feel that the great pleasure and profit received by us during the past month calls for a public expression, be it resolved, that our thanks are hereby extended. First. To the general assembly of South Carolina for its liberal appropriation for the improvement of the teach ers ot tne state. Second. To the State board of education for its judicious management of this appropriation. Third. To the Hon. Jno J. McMahan, State superintendent of education, for his enthusiastic and successful <vff/vrfa in s rem si n fr a deeper inter est in the cause of education throughout the State, for his efficiency in all the duties devolving upon him, and for ^iiis^devoted and faithful attentions to all our interests. Fourth. To the authoiities of Winthrop* college for their financial aid and to President D. B. Johnson for his most hearty cooperation in organizing the school and for his faithful supervision of all interests entrusted to his care; and also to all his assistants for their valuable services. i^fe-JiG-^members of the faculty * Jl !- n2-r?>x!f !aV>nrs in nnr lor liieir very ? behalf, 'for their uniformlyand courteous attention, and for great interest in the success of our work, and also to the lecturers who contributed so largely to our pleasure and-profit. o;?xl. A>fi7ftnQ r\f ~Rn?>tr TTl 11 OXJLLU* JLU Iug v* a?wm fcr.thereontinned interest they have manifested in our work, and for their many kind and thoughtful contribuY tions to our enjoyment. * I ..Seventh. To the press of the State for its aid in bringing the meeting prominently before the people, thereby adding largely to the possibilities of its success. Eighth. To the railroads of the State for reduced rates to and from Rock Hill. ' '* JJUM. ine resoiunons were secuuueu uj mi. Dreher of Columbia and passed by a standing vote. ? On Wednesday evening there was a grand concert given under the direc tion of Prof. Wade R, Brown, the professor of vocal music of the scho^ This was in every respect a brilliant success, delighting the audience of berrAA 3 OAA Tf -n-Qc on tween iuu anaow pevp-ic. iu <*.:> unusually appreciative audience, bem? composed of the very exponents of eu ucation and culture. The following was the programme rendered: Chorus?Gloria, from "Twelfth Mass." (Mozart.) Vocal quartette?"0, For the "Wings of a Dove." (Knight) Miss Ida M. Cronan, Miss Sallie S. Bailey, \Y. Z. McGhee, Hugh C. Haynsworth; Mr. Brown at the piano. Sopranb solo?Sancta Maria. (Faure.) Mrs. Wade R. Brown. Chorus?"0, Hush Thee, My Babie." (Sullivan.) Piano solo?Valse de^ Concert. (Wieniawski.) Miss Margaret Hope Roach. Vocal trio?Forget Me Not. (Rotoli.) Miss Cronan, Mrs. Brown, Miss Zula A. Brock. Chorus?Under Blossoming Branches. Serenade. (Meyer-Helmund.) ^ Baritone solo?Lochiel's Song, from <4Rob Roy." (De Koven.) W. M. Clyde. Part song?Good Night. Good Night. Beloved! (Pinsuti.) Mr. Brown, Miss Brock, G. B. Tocle. Fred A. Cummings. ^ Choral ballad?The Miller's Wooing. (Faning.) The State summer school chorus. Mrs. F. X. K. Bailey presided at the piano. At the conclusion of the programme President Johnson arose and made a few very cordial and appropriate remarks concerning the marked success of the school, congratulating the teachers assembled on their excellent and faitiifui work. He assured them of welcome to Winthrop, and hoped that it would be his pleasure to have them > :\gain. Jb After President Johnson, Superinf tendent McMahan arose, and. mounting the rostrnm, said: "I do not come forward to present you with diplomas. You deserve them, it is true. But you deserve more. A diploma does not always represent what it should. The true rewarc of effort is achievement, and you have what you deserve. A public testimo nial is not the prize for which you put forth intellectual effort; the true prize is the added mental power the increased capacity that results from honest effort ?the real benefit whether or not it receives the -world's recognition. "The past four weeks impress upon us the truth that life is measured not by the lapse of years but by the variety and extent of our activities. As you look baek upon this month and compare it with the many months that have gone before and become indistinguishable from the others, you realize how \ - j much you have liveaV during these 2S | days, which shall stanch out in your lives forever. You have'v more thaD you I can tell at home for months to come. You have much that you frill rememI ber with pleasure for year&,. Your lives j have been enriched. (v "When on the morning \of the 15th of June, but a little while agd^we gathered on our first day, you felt that you were about to enter upon a doubtful j onil arir'pnt'nrrms vr>Y:isre. I ana Sure I that, with me, j on now feel like returning thanks that we have come tjo so pleasant a haven, so worthy a goal? though not the final goal. \ "And now we have reached the end. Yet it is not the end. Every end is- but % new beginning, and the end of 'our summer school is the beginning, of a greater professional spirit and anjbition among our teachers, of a higher standard of the intellectual and moral atta nments for which the teacher raust strive, and of better teaching and:better schools in our State. You go forth from here as apostles of light for South Carolina. This ending will be the beginning of an educational awakening of the people throughout the State and ( of better educational conditions. And , it is the beginning of sweet memories, bringing back to us the scenes of a month of delight; memories that, as ' time passes, grow stronger and sweeter, brightening our lives and binding us together injthe strongest bonds through ( the years to come. We will close by ; singing 'God be With You Till We i Mett Again.' " Tile audience then arose and all joined in the song, "God be With You Till We Meet Again." After this the , summer school was at an end. A few teachers Left on the 11 o'clock ( train that night, but the most of them , remained till yesterday, when there , was a grand dispersion. The ticket ^ ? ? ? ? ~ J A*% si r\ AW A aau baggage ageuts uau ucitu day and part of another selling tickets and checking baggage, so 'as to avoid the rush and confusion at the station. ADDRESS TO THE SONS. Division Commander Weston Makes i Announcement?! About Reunion. The following hz.s been issued to the 0 -i.*L ?%Qat^c? /\? \r nfor_ , OUUtJLL VctrUiliirt uuuo vi v wvu ans, from the headquarters of Mr. F. 1 H. Weston, commanding South Caro- ; lina division: Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1399. It is needless to urge upon the sons of South Carolina Confederates the ! great work before the organization of United Sons of Confederate Veterans. . Nowhere else is the Confederate soldier more loved and honored than in the , Palmetto Stats. The sons of South. (Jar- , rolina'3 brave soldiers can never do ! enough to perpetuate the glorious his ""4AIVJ3* tiia-t memorable struggle for ( whicK their" 'CO. jiJgOiY1"' TO * sponsible and in -which their fathers bore such a worthy part. The annual convention of the South , Carolina division. Sons of Confederate ' T7*>+<?rans is tn hp. held in Chester. Julv 26. At that time and place the veter- ' ans will hold their reunion, and the occasion will be on5 of thorough enjoyment and valuable instruction. Every camp of Sons should be fully represented, and to that end attention is called to special order No. 1, recently issued. Camps are again urged to elect delegates and send their names at once to the division commander at Columbia and to Arthur L. Gaston, adjutant of Camn Jno. R. Culp, at Chester. This is very important and should be attended to at once. Each camp is also entitled to one sponsor and as many maids of honor as 1.mas-be desired. The names of these should also be sent to Comrade Gaston at Chester. Preparation for their entertainment in fitting style is being made and a grand ball in their honor is proposed. It is very important that . the Chester comrades know how many are to be provided for, and the camps ( are earnestly requested to aid our hosts in this way. Let us all unite our efforts with those . of the Chester comrades so that the convention may be a success and the deeds of our faihers be appropriately , honored in the eyes of the world. | By order FraDcis H. Weston, Division Commander. Official: Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., ( Division Adjutant. Some Figures that Dazzle. | A biblical student in the city, says < the Washington correspondent of the s Chicago Record, declares that if the 1 descriptions of Solomon's temple are accurately given in the Bible and by ' secular authorities, the total values of 3 that edifice and its contents must have i exceeded $50,000,000,000. In the ' first place, the value of the materials in i it u ci9 s;nn nnn . , | me lUllgii is cauuiaicu av v-")"vu,vuv, ! 000 and the labor at $3,000,000,000. ' According to Villalpandis, 10,000 men ' were engaged in cutting cedar lumber, i 80,000 were engaged in cutting stone and 60,000 in bearing burdens, for a J period of seven years, who, in addition i to their wages, received 50 cents a day < for food. According to the same au- : thority, which is corroborated by Jose- i phus, the vessels o;: gold were valued at i 140,000 talents, which reduced to ' American money, is equal to $2,326,- ' 481,015. The vessels of silver are cal- 1 culatedat$3.231,715,000, the vestments of the piiests and the robes of the singers $10,050,000, and the value of the trumpets of gold was $1,000,000. Eight Then, Wrong Now. Gen. Wheeler's eagerness to join in the conquest of the Filipinos does not command much applause in South Carolina. The reason is given in the following extract from the Anderson People's Advocate: ;;He is going there to fight a nennle who are fizhtins for the very ~ r* - "X--" ?w ^ same principle that he gave four of the best years of his life to maintain, and he must feel when he gots there that he is occupying a very anomalous position. It is impossible to reconcile the two. If what he fought for in 1861-65 was right, then what he is fighting for now is wrong. These people only claim the right to govern their own country in ( their own ?s-ay, just -what we claimed , the right U do 3S years ago. If Gen. Wheeler keeps on it might have been fortunate for his history if he had stopped a Mauser bullet at El Caney." STICKS TO BRYAN. Ex-Senator Pugh, of Alabama, Dis agrees with Senator Morgan, WANTS SILVER DROPPED. Must Renew the Fight of 1896 Party Cannot be Harmonized by Dodging the Great Issue. While in Washington Thursday Ex Senator Pugh, of Alabama, was askec if he had read the interview of his olc colleague, Senator John T. Morgan, or the question of what sort of man the D^mnr?raiir? nnnvATitinn should nomi nate aad v?hat sort of platform it shoulc adopt next year to increase the strengtl of the Democratic party in the electior of a president. ''I have read the interview and was greatly surprised and mortified," saic the ex-senator. "'Senator Morgan says no man can question his fidelity to the free coinage of silver, or deny the necessity for its restoration in our monej system. "The question he asks and answers is: 'Eow is thi? most important result to be accomplisbed?: He answers thai the first and indispensable thing to be done is to uuite?bring together and solidify the divided and antagonistic elements of the Democratic party now existing in the Edst, South and West on the money question?and, secondly, that such union can best be effected by u01iuau.uug a wuu uao llkj matreme' views and has expressed no 'extreme' opinions on the coinage question. - "I do not question the sincerity oi honesty of Senator Morgan's convictions, but I feel constrained by mj sense of "duty to the Democratic party, and the country to enter my earnest protest against and condemnation ol Morgan's interview. "What are we to understand by ar extreme position on cne money uj coinage question?" Is that part of the Chicago platform extreme? Does aE indorsement of the Chicago platform put a Democrat in an extreme position^ What shall the next Democratic convention do after it shelves Bryan? Tc be consistent the convention should amend the platform of 1896 so as to gel the party-out of its so-called present "extreme' positron on the coinage qaestion and place it in harmony with the conflicting elements, and especially sc as to accommodate itself to the elastic and broad gange position of the ne^ nominee on the coinage question. How is such a feat to be accomplish-r ' 1i\^c^^^fl3/^aid ex-Senatoi Pagh "thakifffche conflicting element* of the^ )f^^tic party can be united and brought into harmonious action op the coinage question, which "&amanifest impossibility, by shelvingBf^ac and making a new platform, broad enough te take on and satisfy all gold standard advocates, and be endorsed bj any nominee who may have to renounce his life-long opinions against free coin age and pledge himself to approve anj bill on that subject the .Democrats might pass through both houses of con gress, the party cannot be very much divided, and can certainly be verj easily united, as it would show itself without any fixed principles on anj subject. "If the Democratic party would se cure more strength by trusting a nominee who had been a lifelong enemy of free silver coinage on his pledge tc waive the veto power and approve saca a bill if passed by the party that elected him, it would be a spectacle unprecedented in history, but it would prove there would never be any free coinage of silver if such a president were elected. 'What influence would a Democratic president with gold standard convictions that he had waived to insure his election exercise in his great office? Would he be silent pending a free coinage bill in congress? How would he distribute his appointments? How many Democrats who had urged Bryans nomination and favored the Chicagc platform would receive appointment? "No, si;r it is a grave mistake of my vU T Tvirra mn<Vh nnlih isjlu a. ? r w ? ical experience. I have watched parties and know their history. My political career has ended, but I am as much as sver devoted to the Democratic partj md itr principles as declared in the Chicago platform. ''I believe that William J. Bryan is Lhe best organized and wisest and ^osi reliable Democratic statesman now living, and he is now better established ic ^ * fl , 1 4 ? ^ [He conHdeace ot tue .amsrmau peupic as such a statesman, and is now strongsr than he ever was. and can be elected when nominated, as he will surely bj the next Democrotic national convention. "As to the next Democratic platform, with additional declarations against the manifolfi trusts growing out of the existence of the gold standard and prohibitory tari2 duties; also in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the existing war in the Philippine Islands until peace and order is established and the governing power and jurisdiction of the United States is fully recognized throughout the archipelago, also that peace and order and the governing power of the United States is to be es tablished, not for territorial expansion r>r rlnrm'ninr, nf thft United States, but for the sole purpose of securing to the people of those islands better and more stable government, with all the rights, liberty and privileges they show themselves by trial to be capable of exercising and enjoying in a condition of independent self povernmerit." Ho Danger. The Columbia Record says: <:There will be a session of congress before the next national platforms are made hy the great parties. The Republicans vrill have a clear working majority in that session. If the Republicans are in earnest in-their anti-trust protestations, they need not wait until the time of their convention to inaugurate an anti-trust crusade; they can start the ball a-rolling in congress." The trusts need uot fear. There is no danger of the Republiian par^y interfering with them. COTJNTEY'S CROP CONDITIONS. The Weather Burear's Weekly Summary. Texas wtton. The weather bureau has issued the following summary of ciop conditions for last week: The weather conditions of the week ending 8 a. m., July 10, 1899, were for j the most part favorable for farming I operations and crop growth in the districts east of the Rocky Mountains, be- J ing especially to in the States of the I upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and in the Atlantic coast districts. The week has been marked by the absence of high temperatures east of the Rocky ' Mountains. Excessive rains of the ' I past week have caused some damage to ^ i grain in shock in Kansas, and similar ? > damage is reported from Texas as a re- 1 suit of the unprecedented rainfall of , the previous week. I Drought continues in the central i i Gulf States, Tennessee, portions of the * . Ohio valley and southern Michigan, be- ^ 1 a i m ^ 4 mg very severe in central leuuessee; ? j rains are also needed generally throush^ out the Rocky Mountain districts, but * . on the Pacific coast the conditions have < , been seasonable. ? While rainfalls amounting to one- t r half or three-fourths of an inch are re- 1 ported over a considerable portion of < i drainage basin of the Brazos river in A . Texas, the conditions of the whole have.. 1 ! been favorable to the subsidence of wa- ^ [ ters in the inundated digtricts. 3 This has been another favorable week. I * for corn in the principal corn States, 1 and the corn has generally made rapid ^ growth. Heavy rains_and high winds s have blown down corn over a consider- -( able area in Iowa, slight damage frogi r chinch b'.'gs is reported from Missouri I and drought has checked growth in portions of Ohio and Kentucky, and * caused serious damage in central Ten- 3 nessee. Cultivation has been delayed i \ by rains iu portions of Michigan and t r Wisconsin; but on the whole the crop ^ is clean and is largely laid by in the 5 1 States of the central valleys. i ? Winter wheat harvest is finished, ex- 5 cept in the extreme northerly sections, <5 L where it is well advanced, although de- * . layed by rains in portions of "Wiscon- t ' sin and Michigan. la Kansas and S t Texas some damage has resulted from s t sprouting in shock. En California 1 i harvesting is nearly finished and wheat 3 is ripening in Oregon. Nd unfavorable c ( reports respecting spring wheat have ?. [ been received from the spring wheat <3 . region, except from the central and $ eastern portions of South Dakota. v ' A good crop of oats is being harvest-- c , ed in Indiana and Illinois, and the out- T look in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylva- a > - T .j_:__ , ma is promising, uuugiug is icpuiocu 'r from rust in Missouri and drought in j South Dakota. I In the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt cotton has made. good . . progress, although injured to some ex- c ! tent by insects in portions of Mississip- T pi and Georgia. In the Caroiinas it ^ l is reported as small b*t healthy. In South Carolina the Sea Island crop was ^ l never better. Outside the flooded re- r gion in Texas cotton is doing well and c a . . . ?1 5 1. ^ [ trailing niceiy, except in scattered 10- c ^ calities, where too rank growth and f / some complaints of insects are report- ^ &d. It will be two weeks yet before q r thSK^amage to cotton in the flooded dis- q , tricraf Texas can be determined, or to t the exr&nt which cotton wil. be re- a L planted.\In 13 conntics in -the south- j r ern half oiN^he Brazos drainage basin _ the loss resuming from the flood is esti- r , mated at from fine-third to one-half the crop. - \ o Oaring to drought, the tobacco acre- t age in Tennessee is much reduced, and - the prospects for this crop in that State a | are poor. In portions of Kentucky and ? Ohio the growth of tobacco has also c : "been checked b^dronght, but generally j the Crop IS domgwen in uiau seutiuu. ? In the Carolinas, aiddle Atlantic States c [ and New England the general outlook s [ for tobacco is improved, the crop being j. in fine condition in MarytaTrtb-??^ a Wont Betire Under Fire. * Secretary Alger Wednesday made t^. a representative of the Associated Press his first personal statement concerning the reports that he is about to resign I ; from the cabinet. When asked as to \ the truth of the rumors, the secretary 1 1 said: "What do you mean, exactly?" t 1 "I mean to ask whether or not the c stories that you are to retire from the t cabinet in the near future are true. There is nothing in these reports but 11 | air," replied the secretary, "1 shall j ; not retire this year certainly, and can- a j not say as to the futnre. My private 1 business and the state of my health g will govern my future course. These constant assaults and repeated baseless t ; reports are, of course, very annoying t to me and extremely distressing to my"t family, but I have never yet retired un- \ 1 der fire and do not propose to do so i now. Nothing that I have ever heard <3 | or know of has been so cruel as these ; attacks upon me. If my critics can r point to one thing in my official career f I have done that I oughi not to have t done, or I have not donetthat I should t have done, I shall be vefjy glad to sur- t ' render my official duties#' - L To Honor Dr key. ? 1 It is proposed to er^jt in New Or- e ! leans a monument coL^nemorati^e of *] ? the valor and achievme\ts of Admiral ' Dewey, and a committer consisting of ai Associate Justice iVIonpe of the Louis?x.-_ ?_!1 3 lana supreme court, an 01 jer civil ana n ; military officials of tlEstate has been w I formed to carry out t'rfdesign. Popu- ^ lar collections of 25 Ofcs are request- h ed. In their reques ior subscriptions ; the citizens having tfr matter in charge tl ! say: "In thus hono!% the son of Ver- <3, 1 mont in Louisiana* fie sentiment of 0j rich and poor from~p parts of the w country may be cr-jentrated in the ' Southland. f m Who W: He? qi In The State Thur ay morning there is a telegram telling >f the doings of a ^ ; I "leading" state o*eJr in Charleston, _ who had to be p3-:' out of a street car ' on account of^vunkenness. State i Louse officials like to know who was referred to-^jphose at home and i otherwise accc'^d for are naturally somewhat indr^nt, as most any state pc i official may betinominatod "leading," an i and innocent don't desire any sus- SI i picion to be(^l upon their behavior Jc i or conduct ^pme or abroad, unless W 1 there is ju: s?ation for it. State th l house officia^^very much interested re: in this matte.^lColumbia Record. j as RECRUITS SCARCE. Very Few Have Been Accepted in This State So Far. ALL FOR THE REGULARS. Rnmo r\-f +ha Onalifir;n+inn?; for Becoming a Soldier. The Composition of a Regiment. The recruiting station in the Kendall IT * 1^.3 J_J suiiaing is not packed ana eruwueu with. young inert eager to offer their lervices to their country. Perhaps the would-be volunteers are waiting for the ate First regiment to volunteer as a whole. There have been nine recruits iscepted within the past ten days, all for the regular army. All but two of ;hese were colored. Under the new call for volunteers :here are to be ten regiments. Resruiting offices have been established ill ever the country, and when a volunleer passes the medical examination md is accepted, he is sent to the nearist regular army post, headquarters for ihe regiment being organized. South Carolina is in the department of the yulf, with headquarters at Atlanta, or ?ort McPherson. G-a. When a recruit s accepted here, he is sent to Fort Mcpherson to join his regiment, the [Venty-ninth. North Carolinians are lent to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, 5-eorgians, Alabamians, South Carolilians, etc., will compose the Twentylinth. While Uncle Sam wants men, and rants themj)ad, still he affects a lordly pr and demands that the men to be Sacrificed in the Philippines must not >e vagabonds. When a yonth applies or admission to the army, the first [oestion put to him is "Are you a oinor?" If the young man is not 21 'ears old his parents or guardian are re' * 1 x. -1? 1.*/? _ . x . x"L ..x xl ? J ^ [Ujrea 10 maice eercmcate uu tot object to his enlistment. The cerificate reads in part, "I do hereby fully ;rve my consent to his enlistment as a oHier in the volunteer army of the Jnited States for the period June 30, 30r." This permission having been ibtaified, the boy is free to enlist. -.The next step is to get a recommenktion of character. Uncle Sam claims hat he doesn't want dissolute and worthless characters in his army. The fearaoter gauntlet having been run, the elentless physician gets in his work, .'fid: the physical ezamination is not as .'easy!' as one might imagine. Except a'special cases none but unmarried oeri will be enlisted for this service. ORGANIZATION. ' Bach of these regiments will consist ?f 1,359 men, of whom 50 will be comuissioned officers. The following is he make-up of an infantry regiment: One coionel, one lieutenant colonel, hree majors, one surgeon with the ank of major, two assistant surgeons, me of whom shall have the rank of aptain and one that of first lieutenant, ourteen captains, two of whom shall le available for detail as adjutant and [uartermaster, sixteen first lieutenants, if whom one shall be available for deail as commissary and three for detail ,s battalion adjutants, twelve second ieutenants, one sergeant major, one [uarter master sergeant, one commissav serzeant. who shall have the ran?, lay and allowances of a regimental [uartermaster sergeant of infantry, hree hospital stewards, three battalion ergeant majors, who shall be senior to .nd have the pay and allowances of a irst sergeant, one baud, and t^elye :ompanies, organized into three battalons of four companies each. Each infantry band shall consist of >ne chief musician, one principal muician, one drum major, wLo shall iave the rank, pay aul allowances of i first sergeant, four sergeants, eight lorporals, one cook, and twelve prirates. QUALIFICATIONS FOE RECRUITS. The term of service will be for the )eriod ending Tune 30, 1901, and, as >rovided in section 12 of the act of ?arch2, 1899, these enlistments may ri made "without restrictions as to iftizenship or educational qualificai?s." applicants for origina enlistment ?at ho thf*. aires of 18 and 35 UU^V .. ? re;|3, of good character and habits, ib Ibodied, free from disease, and m 1 be able to speak the English lanjnCfe ? | person under 18 years of age will jeTJilisted or re-enlisted, and minors jet^ipen the ages of 18 and 21 must not iF.oWisted or reenlisted without the rci.il11 consent of father, only survivng Jrent, or legally, appointed guarJ Mried men will not be enlisted or cei;"?ted without special authority rot regimental commander or from he Ifijutant general of tne army in he.*wenceof a regimental o/ganizaion m Al#icants will be required to satisfy lie ir?ruiting officer regarding age and harJBfcer. They must defray their own xpe^ftes to the place of enlistment; iei;f ?tness for the military service can Anlrr nnnn an examination ? t a Jruiting station. Fee Gantry height should be ot I.j 3 than five feet four inches, and eig not less than one hundred and ven pounds and not more than one and' d and ninety pounds. Re uiting officers are however, auiori;i d in their discretion to accept ssir; le applicants who are ten pounds lesr overweight or underweight, or ho t ry not more than a fraction of an ich f?>m the required height or chest easu^s, if they meet an otner reiirerv?nts, and their enlistment is comuO&nded by the medical examiner. 1 ever? suc^ case the variation from ie now14! standard should be carefully )ted ? the enlistments paper.?The d9 Goes to Manila. Mis?3* Annie Wheeler has been aplintec nurse by the war department id assiKnfid to duty in the Philippines. ie accompany her father, Gen. >sepl* Wheeler, to Manila. Miss heel?1 accompanied her father rou?M Santiago campaign and ndp-ff valuable services to the sick 3 ^.ffnded. THE TEXAS DISASTERAn Earnest Appeal to the PeopL for Help. Representative R. B. Hawiey o: Texas, who is now in "Washingtoa "Wednesday made public the following statement with reference to the flooc situation in that State: "The disaste: which has overtaken the communitie: in Southern Texas is without parallel in our country. At sou:e points th< precipitation was three and a half feel in 60 hours, resulting in a flood of enor mous proportions, covering an area oJ many square miles to a depth of from c to 20 feet, and a loss of from $25,000,' 000 to $40,000,000. y ';No less than 20 populous towns have been inundated as well as thousands of well established and well orderec farms, which today are in a complete state of desolation. Practically everj work animal?every milk cow, togethei with all stock cattle and every vestige of vegetation have been swept away, leaving the country completely devastated. Withia the influence of this awful disaster resided over 100,000 people, almost half of whom are in a state ol hftlnlessness todav. exceDt as thev may be provided for by those who are generous and able to assist them. 'The State of Texas is doing its utmost to relieva the suffering. It is, however, impossible for the State alone, within the time necessary, to succoi these people and come to theif relief. ""When the great Johnstown flood occurred Pennsylvania could have easily taken care of their own if given time, but as time was, as it is now, the essential factor, they were obliged to ap peai tu a generuua puuuu iu cvci^y pan of the Union, and at every quarter the relief was immediate on a scale commensurate with the disaster. "To the public the flood district of Texas appeals today to supply the necessities of life until the horrors of the flood shall have passed, and the people shall be in position to again address themselves to the task of reestablishing their homes. "For this purpose it is urged through the press, the different commercial authorities of every city of the Union that this appeal be answered. uForthe distribution of this relief a system is being organized throughout the flooded district immediately ujtder the direction of the governor of Texas, to whom all contributions should be addressed at Austin, Tex., and under whose care every dollar will be judiciously and effectively expended." HAY FOS THE SOUTH. i iv? n r_ o i.t. .Beggar weea a .erne urop xu oouuu Atlantic and Gulf States. The south buys $100,000,000 worth of products each year from the north that could be produced at home. Hay is no small item of this $100,000,000, and we wish to see every reader cease paying triubte to the north this year, so far as hay or forage is concerned at least, says The Southern Ruralist. We stated some eight years ago that we believed beggar weed to be the best hay crop for Florida. We believe it more firmly today than ever, not only for Florida, but for all the south Atlantic and gulf states, wherever there is a considerable percentage of sand in the soil. In nutritive value it is not excelled Ivw ? ??? o ? 4-U A nAvfltAvn / ? TT nlor^fo on/1 uy H11 y U1 tuc UUIOUCIU xxatj yiauuoj ill animals are eager for it, either green or cured. It is easily grown, in most parts of the gulf states giving two crops and at the same time leaves your soil more fertile and in better mechanical condition than before. It has succeeded as a hay crop as far north as the northern line of Arkansas and a number of our correspondents are increasing their acreage every year in that section, convinced by experience of its value. ? - A M 1_. J MOSi iaiiures w^in Deggar weeu ?oaie from attempting to sow it too early. For a good stand it requires heat and moisture. The summer rainy season of Florida furnishes the best conditions for successful germination. In the states north of us we should advise sowing in May or June. Use only cleaned seed, sow broadcast at rate of eight to tea pounds per acre, barrow in to a depth of two inches and let nature do the rest. The soil, especially if it has clods, should be well broken up and worked down fine with a harrow before seed is sown, A ton of beggar weed hay can be made at one-third the cost of a ton of corn fodder, and your stock will relish it far better. If you do not want hay, it is well worth your while to plant it for soil improvement. This is especially true of orange groves where the owners do not wish to run the risk of ravages of the pumpkin bug and danger from fire which comes with velvet bean planting in orange groves. It is hardly w-rc'r. while to say a word to Florida people as to its value. They know it. It is the readers of The Ruralist in other states that we wish to impress with its value. A Bie Damage SuitThe only business transacted in the * i mi j _ court ot common pieas i nursaay w?ts the conclusion of the damage suit of McCabe, the brakeman, against the Southern railway, for $25,000, on account of injuries received in an accident. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $12,500. Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr., counsel for defendant, gave notice of appeal. An act of the legislature denies the right of domesticated corporations to transfer such cases from the State to the United States courts. Judge Simonton of the federal court has held that corporations possess such right, and that cases can be transferred. The supreme court of South Carolina, per contra, has affirmed the act of the legislature in question and decided that cases cannot be so transferred. In accordance with the decision of the State supreme court Judge Buchanan denied the motion of the Southern railway to have the McCabe case transferred to the Federal court. Hence the appeal. ?The State. According to history Alger began running some time in the sixties, which reminds the World that he who fights and runs away will live to run another day. THE CROPS AND WEATHER. ' J What the Department of Agriculture y Says About Them. E There were a few very hot days dur, iog the week ending July 10th, but the I average temperature was slightly below I the normal. The range of temperature r was between 53 and 100 degrees. F 5 There were frequent showers during [ the week, especially over the central 4 and eastern counties, where in places ' the ground is too wet. Over the north k central and western counties the show n J 1 l _ _ J ers were very lew, ugat anu locai, auu [ many places are suffering for rain. I Rain which began falling aftermost of the reports were mailed, may have af forded relief. Over the greater portion s of the State the moisture conditions 0 ; are now very favorable. " ' Some damage was caused by hail and 0 high winds, but it was confined to a J small areas. r: Reports on cotton, while not wholly ^ favorable, are very promising. The 0 ! crop is small, healthy, clean and bloom- ^ ing freely; lice continue to infect it, in places, but are doing no serious injury. " A few report the plant growing too ^ , much to weed, others as not growing at P ; all, especially on red land in the west- a ern counties. Sea island cotton never ^ looked better. o The corn crop continues to suffer ? 1 from bud worms and the larger corn 3talk-borer. Drought has also affected h ~ ?" ??"1 A*TA? 2. LUC U1U?J SCIIUU^IJ UVCi idigc aicao, wu.w on the contrary, in places the crop is very fine. Old corn is practically all t* ' laid by. _ - S Tobacco improved somewhat during h the week, although in places more rain d is needed to develop the upper leaves, k Cutting and curing has become quite s< 1 general. In Marion county the crop is I turning out yery well. h Rice is doing well, although cater- ti , pillars still infest it at a few points. t< The early rice is receiving its last flood- w ing. On some plantations water for e" flooding is not yet available. Jr Sweet potato slips continue to be set w out, peas to be sown and the second E crop of Irish potatoes to be planted, -w Sugar cane and sorghum vary in con- b dition. but generally look promising. f< HayiDg continues on the coast mead- tl ows. Little or no fruit, save a few h. " apples, anywhere in the State, except h grapes, which are plentiful in the west- h ern counties, but are rotting badly. Melons are being shipped in large quan- "y tities to the northern markets. <? J. W. Bauer. w Section Director. 01 V It Was Everywhere. p; p Georgia and North Carolina have been holdiag up tbeir hands in horror g because of a case or two of smallpox v said to have been introduced from South j Carolina into those States., It is a well g] known fact that the first case of small- x pox in South Carolina in the recent epi- w demic was brought from Georgia into r( this State in December, 1897. The c< "Paolic Health Reports" issued June 01 23d by the treasury department, ^ United States marine hospital service, g] show that South Carolina has had few- jr er cases of smallpox than some of her ? sister States. During the period De- Z cemcer 31, 189S, to June 23, 1899. tj there were in Alabama 140 cases and 2 p deaths reported: in Florida 225 cases g( and no deaths; in Georgia 360 cases w and no deaths; in Kansas 213 cases and D( 22 deaths; in Kentucky 513 cases and jj. 4 deaths; in Louisiana 243 cases and 4 deaths; in Mississippi 23 cases and 3 deaths; in North Carolina 174 cases and a 1 death; in South Carolina 140 cases w and 10 deaths; in Virginia 2,179 cases wm and 33 deaths. The States above men- C1 tioned are in the southern group, but ** the statistics show that the disease is 15 in every State in the Uaion. In Maine st there were 165 cases; in California 98 cases and 17 deaths; in Ohio 1,018 Jjjj cases and 21 deaths; in Pennsylvania T AAA __j ir J.-ii._ tT oou cases aau n ueams. t>u oumu Carolina is not such a pest hole after s< all.?The State. P: at A Novel Question- ^ Qaite a novel question was submit- 3, ted to the attorney general this morning u from the governor's office. It appears tl that a Negro in Anderson county was pi convicted and fined for not working the roads. The fine was paid and the Ne- tl gro asks pardon in order that he may e] have the fine refunded, giving as his reason why pardon should be granted u: that it has since been established be- oi yond doubt that he is above the age by several years which exempts citizens from road duty. His statement of the fact is admitted to be true, but there is no precedent to show that a pardon si will act to return the line to him. As- n' sistant Attorney General G-unter is to a] file the opinion, but he has already a come to the conclusion that there is no a] law whereby the fine can be returned, "Tan +>>/vnrrl"> if- ic TVPrt'tf/in thflt f.llA NfiCTO S] ^ V^U VUV U^LL AW Ak f VM ??>??? ??. ~GJ had paid it wrongfully. It seems hard but law is law and the Negro can't get his money back.?Columbia Record. S( Killed by a Wall. ?j A dispatch to The Sfate from Pied mont, S. C-, says: "Gr. W. Shelton v. was killed here this morning. Joseph w Austin and W. B. Bryant were proba- g] bly fatally injured. R. A. Porter had y his leg broken. Robt. Freeman had his shoulder dislocated and arm broken. Calavray Smith, 2sr. P. Fleming and Jack West were painfully injured. They were all at work on a warehouse being built for the Piedmont Manufac- ii turing company when at about 11 G o'clock the centre brick wall, which p: was fully 30 feet high, suddenly caved w knrt?incr xp}in WM insfamtlv Ol killed, and inflicting injuries on the bi the others as above stated. All that hi medical skill can do is being done for ki the injured. The verdict of the coro- ti ner's jury was that G-. W. Shelton came sc to his death by the accidental falling is of the fire wall."' T p; Blown Over a Fence. A cyclonc struck New York State near Glens Falls Wednesday afternoon. Sl Large trees were up-rooted and other m damage was done. James Xesbitt, a cc farmer liviDg east of Lake George was JT1 driving, was blown, with his horse ^ and huffsrv from the road over a fence and into a field. He was injured so severely that he died. ^ FRIED TO KILL HIM. I V Greenville Farmer Shot and 1 ?- % Seriously Wounded. fOICE SAID, "SHOOT HIM" :ollowed by the Report of a Gun. g Shot Was Fired Through a u. u... I ivuiuuwa no iviaj bvav His Arm. .r*2 The Greenville News, of July 13, ays: G. B. Van Patton, a farmer and torekeeper living two miles southeast f this city on the Augusta road, was red upon by unknown Negroes at 1 'clock yesterday morning in his homo J '.-k ad wounded in the right hand and ight forearm and right hip. Twelve ?o. 7 shot entered the h;p, but it is the pinion of Dr.. J. B. Earle, who atsnded Mr. Van Patton, that these rounds are not at all serious. About 'i fty of the same number of shot ensred the hand and forearm. Some assed out but many of them lodged mong the small bones of the hand and - ? . nrist, and not being anie to gee cnem ut otherwise Dr. Earle considered it est not to cut open the hand. He trongly suspects that the arm will ave to be amputated between the wrist nd the elbow. Some four months ago Mr. VanPatjn had a difficulty in his store with a legro named Silas Wilson, who got beind Mr. Van Patton's counter and rew a revolver upon him. Wilson is J nown as a worthless loafer in that action, but he says he works on the tiraie place near there. Several burgi * i-V-i. tries nave Deen comuutteu m uum ow [on lately. Wilson was arrested yes^ \ irday, and at his relative's, where he ^ as found, there was a shot gun, but it -J; ridently had not been recently fired. [e was released on a $200 bond, which as signed by a Negro by the name of ?. T. Harris. The charge against him ; ^ as assault with a deadly weapon, this eing based on the affair happening )ur months ago, when he threatened M le life of Mr. "Van Patton at the time '% e drew a revolver upon him and told im "on leaviDg that he 'Srould git r_ ? im. About 10 o'clock Tuesday night Mr. an Patton says he heard some one fooling about" in front of his store, hich fronts on the road. He went at and saw Wilson move off rapidly. Wilson says he was just passing the lace. At 1 o'clock yesterday Mr. Van atton was aroused by tita breaking of ? >: pane of glass in Ms fcitcnen winaow. [e arose, went into the kitchen with is pistol and fired through the window. hen he went back into his bedroom, U ipped on his shoes, obtained a light ; ad started out for the kitchen door, ith the light in the left hand and the ivolver in his right. As he got to the jntre of the room heard a voice jo*t "V-3 itside the window through which lie ad shot say, "Shoot him; dams it, >3 loot him." He was in the set of raistg his revolver to shoot through the indow again, but was not quick lough. There was a terrible report, le glass was shivered and Mr. Van atton's revolver dropped upon the Dor. Mr. Van Patton yelled for help, hich came to him quickly from his sighbors. By this time the assailants ad made good their escape. The Negroes had evidently made up plot to murder Mr. Van Patton, who as alone in the house at the time; his ife and only child were visiting in the ty. The assailants had made no at :mpt to enter the store, ana trom tnis ^ is surmised that they did not intend -sj eal but murder. They broke into a sdroom, but this was locked -ell from le one Mr. VanPatton was occupying, he kitchen window where they broce le pane could easily have been raisedy^. ) it is thought that the breaking of fche^v ane was for no other purpose than to 7 :tract Mr. Van Patton into the room so 3 to get a fair chnnce to shoot at him. he assailants could hardly hope to cornit robbery after shooting Mr. Van Patin, because there are several houses in le immediate neighborhood and the reort could not fail to be heard. - - - - - * < 3 ? Several barefoot traces were iouna m le yard, but they were not distinct aough to give a clue of any yalue The escape of the Negroes again illstrates the great need the county has I a pair of good blood hounds. Money Can't Buy Them, : An ofer from a prominent firm of lip brokers, doing a large foreign busi- ' ' < ess, to purchase the Reina Mercedes ad any and all of the other war craft iptured during the late war, has roused a suspicion that Spain is trying lis indirect manner to obtain possesnf flip wssels and thus remove the Sense to Spanish pride caused by the oating of the American flag over her lips. The navy department will not ill any of these vessels and that anvev will be returned to the writer of le letter. Secretary Long has decided lat it will not pay to attempt to renoate the Mercedes and use her as a . ?:n l.b ? ?1u? arSIIip. OllC Will UC ICit <ao <* Ouvn lip, like the old Constitution, to graty the patriotism of the American peole. The Hampton Home. The central committee which has had 1 charge the erection of a house for en. Hampton has for that purpose arciiased a lot at the cornor of Barnell and Pendleton streets containing ae-third of an acre. The lot was aught for $1,500. The plans for the Duse have not been adopted, nor is it aown when work will commence, but, lere will be no more delay than is abilutely necessary. The site purchased near the home of Mr. John P. nomas, Jr., m tte extreme eastern irt of the city.?The State. At a church meeting in one of the iburbs of Chicago, the inquiry was ? ade whether a certain member of the mgregation, whose financial affairs ere somewhat involved, had "got region. " To which a lawyer present re* onded: "No, I think not, unless it's i his wife's name." We fear that ere are too many such church memTS.