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w BY
HUGH WILSON.
WHITE OPERATIVES
MAY ATTACK NEGROES IN CHARLESTON
COTTON MILL.
Tbe Skilled Laborers Shnt Off From Me?n?
of Earning ltrend and Karrod Out of the
Newspapers.
A'' ^patch to the Columbia State
1n~ . Charleston savs the white ope
* .iveswbo formerly worked in the
Charleston cottcn mill before the re
cent reorganization, have not yet be
come reconciled to tneir displacement
by negro labor. There are about 300
wbite operatives, who have been iu
the city ever since the mill shut down
last fall, who are out of employment
and absolutely without, a means of
subsistence. They are skilled opera
tives and are fit for no other vocation
of life. The determination of the new
management not to give employment
to these operatives, who are without
the necessary means of leaving the
city and seeking work elsewhere, naturally
excites them, end the strained
relations which arei now existing be
tween these people and the negro
operatives should not be wondered at.
Since the mills resumed operation,
it has been Decessary to keep a detail
of police officers in the vicinity of
the mills to preserve the peace. The
white operatives continue to threaten
the negroes, and even the owners of
11? ? J ifeolf tViat
ine mui hqu wc piu^oi ij nnvu, >?..
trouble of some kind is liable to break
out at any time. This state of affairs
is not destined to give the new management
any peace of mind- They
wish to continue the employment of
the negroes at one third the rate for
merly paid to the white operatives and
reap the consequent profits, but the
attendant danger of violence on the
part of the operatives makes the ex
periment one of great risk and a
source of much alarm to the manage
ment.
The operatives recently presented a
/.nmmi.ni'oalinn frt fhp lnr.Al TlfiWSDa
pers, which was refused, as are many
matters relating to the employment
and the substitution of negro labor
for white. The operatives are deter
mined to present their cause to the
public, and this afternoon the opera
tives are distributing the letter in the
form of bills about tfce streets. They
are hung in the street cars and at dif
ferent public places. The affair has
created something of a sensation.
The letter is caustic, to s*y the least of
it, and furnishes interesting reading.
Here it is:
Mr. Editor: A few days ago the old
familiar whistle that has been silent
so long broke the industrious lethargy
fn* wqutt mnnthc
liittl Utta piCVftiJCU IUi 4X1UUJ
in this beautiful part of our city. It
awakened many from a tried and en
forced indulgence in idleness, but in
stead of joy and gladness it brought
sadness and tears to the cheeks of a
large and respectable portion of our
community. It sounded the death
knell to all their hopes and patient
waiting; it struck not their ears as the
, harbinger of the peace, prosperity and
better days they were looking long
ingly for and praying to come, but as
the advance signal of continued inactivity
and want.
Some had applied and been refused
employment because their complexion
clearly indicated they were not tinged
with negro blood. Still they could
not realize that evidences of amalga
mation and no long years of experi
ence were prerequisite to procure employment
in the lately revised Charleston
mills. But doubt was dispelled
and truth flashed over their minds as
they watched the negroes move in the
4Ua w?i11a nrr nnn.
UilCUUUU Ui IliC UilJXO. lA?u>lug vwu
tempt for the propagators of this dia
bolical conspiracy against white Ja
bor of the south fired the cheeks,
dried the eyes and filled feminine
hearts with indignation, and had
their voices been equal to the mills
blast, Mr. Witte would have quaked
upon his luxurious couch of ease, and
sworn by all his gods nothing is less
desirable than a mongrel cotton mill
presidency.
Indeed, the unexpected has happened.
Who could read the history of
Charleston and predict she would be
the first city of the western world to
produce a negro-loving cDtton mill
president: the first to issue a manifesto
declaring it to be bond holders'purpose
to mix whites and blacks in
in southern mills; the first to repudi
ate social distinction in labor and sub
ject the young, beautiful and innocent
of our southlacd, on whom fortune
has not smilrd, to competing for
bread at the side of the uncouth Africans,
whose great physical powers
adapt them for more arduous and
equally needy pursuits.
Our objection, as operatives, to admitting
colored people to the textile
industries is an admission of their capability
to become skilled operatives.
If, as some say, they are incapable of
acquiring the knowledge necessary in
this branch, then we operatives have
nothing to apprehend, but it is our
opinion they are as susceptible here as
elsewhere, and it is well known in
every craft where they have acquired
knowledge that deterioration of wages
setin. For this reason, bondholders
are willing to spend $40,000 or $50,000
for educating them, claiming it to be
an investment certain to yield large
it is currently reported that Superintendent
Hajden entered into a contract
with the mill company to fur
nish them 300 thoroughly efficient
colored operatives in one year, or
forfeit all claims against the comuany,
but if he succeeds is to have $8 per
day and a bonus of $5,000 for
his year's services. In addition to
other expenses this seems to be a fab
ulcus sum. But it is reasoned among
them, by distribution, this 3<MJ can
equip 3,000 or more at less than it
took to prepare the first 300, and in
three years southern cotton mill
stocks will be quoted at double their
present value, increased stock means
impoverishment of help. Creator of
paupers that must sooner or later fall
to public charge.
This is no philanthropic movement
as the language of a city journal indicates,
and "gives these poor people a
chance to live," but an effort on the
part of capitalists to curtail the operatives'
scanty living by destroying their
opportunities, as this negro horde has
done in every other branch where
they have gained footing. This is not
our only nor most serious objection.
And is it sufficient to call forth all
our energies in opposing it; to call to
<ir .
our aid all those who desire to see our
southland, and not a few individuals,
prosper, prow rich aiid fat underthe
'mnetus she has lately received from
Divine provision.
Tf thp mlnrprl nennlf's sprvin.ps flrp
so invaluable, then Charleston, with
every cornorand crevice overflowing,
should be the princess of the western
world. Clad in royal regalia, joy and
mirth should be in every home, with
tables groaning beneath their rich burdens
and every appetite anp*ased from
the cream of the world. But alas! how
reversed?her best appearance is but
cheap mourning and the hardest scuffle
is maintained at every door to prevent
the woif from entering.
We are of the opinion the negro's
knowledge of the crafts has been the
cause of northern capitalists securing
in this city such a large amount of
work for so small an outlay of money.
To the casual onlooker the whirl and
din indicated prosperity, but tne
thoughtful observer could not divine
it. lie saw by the multitude of negroes
employed that the city was los
ing from SO to 75 cents per day on each
laborer furnished, and. distant cities
paining the amount oa construction
that would soon be complete, and for
years to come vield a surplus to be
transported. Dividend prayers, indeed!
Impoverishing their own city
their own homes and enriching others.
To the capitalists they have been of
great advantage; to the community a
great curse. So will it be to the south
when they reach the cotton mills.
We claim an equal right with bond
and office holders in social objections.
Aside from comnetiton and white
supremacy, social status is a stroDg
argument against colored office hold
ers. Not long since while an emin
ent statesman of the south was before
McKinley, opposing on social grounds
the appointment of a negro to the
Augusta postoffice, Mr. Witte was
preparing a declaration of determinations
that he would not have dared to
issue in any other city of the Union,
without first having his valise packed
and ticket purchased for parts un
known.
Proximity is the parent of social intercourse,
which is longingly courted
by the colored race, notwithstanding
all that has been said to the contrary,
and where dees it abound more than
in cotton mills? Yet Mr. Witte pro
pose to put the blacks and whites,
male and female, side by side, under
one roof, thereby opening the doors
to amalgamation and bastardism, for
matrimonial alliance is prohibited by
law.
ir ine present national auuumisuatiorj,
at whose disposal are many
prominent and desirable positions,
should decide to give those of this city
to its strongest and most faithful sup
porters, none would be more vocifer
ous in sounding the social alarm,
maligning, condemning and in the
most virulent manner holding the administration
up before the people for
rebuke and vituperation, than this
mongrel cotton mill advocate. Still,
if every office at the President's disposal
were filled by competent or incompetent
colored men, it couid not
possibly be so disastrous to the peace,
social and financial condition of the
city. If the colored man's status pre
eludes nim from competing with the
officeholder it should preclude him :
from competing with our mothers,
wives, sods and daughters in the light >
oursuits of the country, for here in a
large proportion, is the milk from
which the cream arises; adulterate it
and the impurities will be found in
the cream and tasted in the butter.
If, however, his services are of such
intrinsic value to the city's industries ,
that he must be put in dangerous
proximity with our maidens, or they
deprived of opportunities for his bene
fit, what consistent reason can be as i
signed for excluding bim from official i
positions. If we loved our race less, :
and like money glutted foreigners and
southern apostates, inclined to de
grade caucasian blood, we would j
cheerfully support them for office.
But as a hereditary right we claim for |
our rac? first fruits of the :
land and are determined to oppose
all foreign socialists or southern 1
apostates who attempt to deprive us of ;
tbem. We atlirm by all our physical i
power and brave hearts not to sit sup
inely by and witness this negro horde
turned loose upon the pursuits of our
motners, our wives, our widows, our
daughters, our sisters, and rob them
of their living. Many Operatives.
A Swindler In Greenville. ,
One D. D. Marshall has been cutting
a wide figure in Greenville since i
February. He hails from Chicago
and represents the Sprig Collecting
Agency, of that city, a wealthy concern,
with agencies all over the Unit
ed States. Marshall had been drivitg
about town, doing the societv act iu
great shape and has made many friends i
It appears that he took notes or pa- :
pers from customers of his agency as
fees for membership in his agency.
These papers were to be held and paid
by collections made tor his customers,
liis fast Jiving and free expenditure of
money evidently caused him to use
the notes. lie forged the names of
Hayes and Murlf and Steven King to
notes for twenty five dollars each, and
got the paper discounted at the People's
bank He also presented a forged
note of II. C. Markley at the same
bank, but Cashier Beacham detected
the forgery and the paper failed to
pass- Investigation snowed that tie
other notes were forged ant Marshall
is now in jail. Efforts have been made
to compromise the matter, but King
and Hayes and Munr reiuse 10 compromise
a felony?hence the dashing
Marshail lacguishes in jail.
Loves an iuiliHii .Haldeo.
Thomas Cronan, a wealthy foreigner,
who recently went to Dakota to
look after cattle and land, has made a
queer choice of a bride, lie met with
a number of Sioux, and finally became
smitten with "Bright Eyes," the belle
of the Standing Rock Agency. He
boldly approached the girl's sullen
father after a few dnys and declared
that he wanted to marry the girl.
Much talk, much smokeaud great eating
followed, and the Sioux maiden
will shortly become the bride of the
wealthy foreigner.
John Brownlee, wbite, was killed
in a runaway accident Wednesday
evening and his companion, W. J.
Atkinson, injured so seriously that his
condition is considered precarious.
They were attachts of the sanitary department
and were driving; a sanitary
wagon. A wheel wasknoektd off the
wagon and Brownlee came down on
his head. Atkinson was more fortunate,
but the heavy wagon, going at
terrihe speed, passed over his body,
fracturing several ribs and inilictiug
internal injuries.
TILLMAN AND HOAR.
THE TWO SENATORS LOCK HORNS IN
A WARM DEBATE.
The South Carolina Senator Take the Sagar
Scandals for a Text for Another Speech
find Old Granny Hoar Gets the Fidgets.
The debates in the United States Senate
over the tariff bill has been quito
spicy at times.and one of the most spicy
occurred between Senators Tillman
and Hoar one day last week. While
the sugar schedule was under discussion
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts offered
an amendment for the appointment
by the President of a commission of
five members to investigate into the
subject of sugar production and the
best means of supplying the American
market at the least cost. He said
the raising- of revenue from sugar had
been a subject of contention for 150
years in England and this country.
He did not think any considerable
portion of the people believed that the
men who framed these and former
tariff schedules were impelled by any
other than honorable motives. But
the men who make these tariffs are
met by subtle and contlicting ques
tions which had already brokeu down
one of the senalors (Mr. Aldricb.) Mr.
Hoar urged, therefore, that this proposed
commission would command the
best talent of the country in presenting
to the senate the fullest information
concerning sugar. Next to the
development of our virgin wheat
fields, the development of the sugar
beet would be the greatest boon to agriculture.
Reverting again to published
statements of irregularity in
connection with the sugar schedule,
TTAneovl a If VinuryVt if V?Q H Vw^ATl
ILL J.. LLV/ctx o?tu nAbuvugu A.I MVW?
suggested in the press that somebody
had been bribing senators, these statements
are received by serious people
throughout the country "with absolute
contempt."
Mr. Allison suggested that this was
such an important question that it
ought to be considered by the finance
committee. Mr. Hoar agreed to the
reference of the amendment to the
committee, and this was done.
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina then
answered Mr. Hoar. He said he had
the deepest respect for the distinguished
senator from Massachusetts, but he
periiaps had become callous in his long
service, as was indicated by the state
ment that the best people of both parT**iik
/lAnfomnf iVlO ctoiio.
uca uctticu wnu vuuivuxj/k ? w?wv
ments that there was irregularity ia
making the sugar schedule. But,
said Mr. Tillman, when published
statements were made that senators
were in touch with sugar barons, when
circumstantial evidence was at hand
that a huge monopoly levied tribute
on the public, that the American pao
pie were helpless in the grasp of this
octopus, then it was strange indeed,
that any senator should assert that
the peopla treat with contempt these
charges. On the contrary, he declared,
they wanted an investigation.
They wanted the honor of the senate
vindicated or the raeD vrho stand u.n
der it punished. For that reason, Mr.
Tillman said, he had contemplated an
amendment to Mr. Hoar's proposition,
so that the commission would rot
only inquire into the mere machinery
of sugar making, but also "whether
the sugar trust has made undue means
to control legislation and to get at the
root of how it is, and why it is that
the American senate can't touch sugar
without getting contaminated."
Turning to tne South Carolina sen-1
ator, Mr. Hoar said there were some
men who seemed to think that down
beneath the body of the people there
was a great mass of seething people
eager for extremes. He knew, through
and through, the character, purposes
and opinions of the men who get their
living from the farms and factories of
Massachusetts. He had sprung from
a yeoman, his associations had boen
with that class, and he knew what
they were thinking about. "They
a 11 hft nroftpaded imnres3ivelv. "aim
pie, sincere, houest, liberty-loving,
God-fearing men. They think no evil,
a ad the appeal to vile passions fails on
deaf ears with them."
"Will the senator permit me?"
broke in Mr. Tillman.
Mr. Hoar went oq without pausing.
The men who make up the farms and
the factories were the same the country
over, he said. Their kinsmen had
turned westward, building up i new
empire there, a large and a more glorious
New England.. "And I hold,"
concluded Mr. Koar, "that to the
great body of these people, these
charges are not only preposterous, but
infamous."
Mr. Tillman again was ready with
a reply. "As to the seethiDg mass of
innnvaripo ao tho wnatni> frnm Mflssa
cbusc-tts had designated the masses1'?
said Mr. Tillman, but the Massachusetts
senator promptly interrupted
him.
"I deny that statement," said Mr.
Hoar. "I said just the contrary and
my statement is perverted."
"Very well," answered Mr. Tillman,
"you are the last man I would
be willing to misrepresent to his /ace."
While ne claimed no special mis
sion, he went on, yet he claimed to
have come from the farm and from
tne people, and to have come to the
senate more recently than the senator
from Massachusetts, He knew, he
said, that the only thing infamous in
this transaction, in the view of the
people, was the refusal to investigate
aud this etfort to hide behind the
"senatorial toga." If tne sena'e persisted
in this, then it was disgraced
before ihe people. Public charges had
been made that bribery was abroad in
connection with this subject. "And
unless you investigate, you stand convicted,"
asserted the senator.
Alter this diverting incident the
senate came back to the bill and Mr.
Lindsay moved to strike out 1 05 10U
cents and insert 1 8-1U ceuts as the
rate on 3ugar.
This drew from Mr. Allison an animated
defense of the paragraph. The
senate paragrapu uiu>ireu ironi me
original house provision, he said, in
only one particular, viz: the substitu
tion of 1.95 for 1 875, which difference
amounted to only 71-2cents per hundred
pounds, lie asserted that the
ascending scale of 3 1U0 cents on each
degree above 75 was aot an excessive
benefit to the re liner.
Mr. Allison referred to the fact that
the committee had pursued very largely
the course of the Democratic liuauce
committte. Mr. Tillman then came
ill wiin nis wariiKe w _yuu auiuitue
or imitate the villanies indulged in by
your Democratic colleagues three
years ago."
"I did not indulge in epithets. I did
not say villainy." answered Mr. Allison,
"No, I said it," responded Mr. Tillman.
The bill was laid aside without a
vote on the pending amendment and
at ?5 10 the senate held an executive
session adjourning socn after.
T HE BAPTIST COLLEGES.
The Ending of a Most Sacieasful Year's
Work.
The closing exercises of Furmar
University were hold in the chapel
Thursday morning. After prayer by
the Rev. James E. Brown of Due West
the following programme was carried
out:
Music, Piano Duet?Misses Lottie
and Annie Manly.
Announcement of distinctions
Music?Vocal Duet?Misses Birdie
Duckworth and Annie Man'ly.
Oration: "Opportunity"?F. C.
Bates.
Music?Pisno Solo?Miss Alpha McGhpe.
Oration: "Impressions from Biography"?R.
K. Taylor.
Oration: "A Cuban's Anneal to
Americans "?M. C. Barton.
Music?Vocal Solo ?Miss Sarah
Smith.
Oration: "Abuse of Political Parties'?James
A. Hoyt, Jr.
Music?Piano Solos?Misses Katherixie
and Margaret Moore.
Oration: "Social Control"?C. E.
Wilkins.
Award of medals.
Music ? Piano Duo?Miss Annie
Manly and Chev. G. Ferrata.
Dr. Maaly, the president, then delivered
diplomas to the following
class:
Master of Arts?Clarence E. Wilkins
of Clarendon,
Bachelerof Arts?John K. Hair of
Barnweli, James A. Bioyt, Jr., of
Green villi, Robert K. Taylor of North
Carolina, and Henry E. Townes of
rt-rftArixril !?
Bachelor of Science?Frank T. DarDargan
of Greenville.
Bachelor of Literature?M. C. Barton
of Oconee, F. C. Bates of Spartanburg,
Ruth S. Dorma:a of Spartauburg,
W. M. Hartin of Fairfield, W.
L Mauldin, Jr.. of Greenville, M. J.
McFadden of Chester, and L. C. Richardson
of Anderson.
Master of Mathematics and Mechanical
Philosophy?F. T. Dargan, J. K.
Hair and L C Richardson.
Master of Philosophy?Emma V.
Johnson of Greenville.
Mr. L. C. Richardson, one of thosa
receiving degress, is a recent graduate
of the United States Naval academy,
where he won a beautiful sword by
his high stand in the academy. He
was for several years a student of
Furman, where he did such excellent
work as to entitle him to a diploma.
but ke did not apply for it until this
year.
The Eadel medal iri declamation
was awarded to W. E. Jordan of Chester,
the Mellichamp medal in Eaglish
to C. H. Holland of Greenvile, and
the McMillan medal in declamation to
R. M Pratt of Bannettsville.
The graduating exercises of the Female
college were held Thursday
night, when the address was delivered
by Dr. D. M. Rimsey of Charleston.
The programme was as follows:
Prayer.
Piano Solo?Miss Lottie Manly and
Chev. Ferrata.
Essav: ' The Worlds Forces"?
Luva E Agnew.
Vocal Solo: "Dost Thou Know That
Sweet Land''?Sarah M. Smith.
Address?Dr. D. M. Rimsey.
Essay: "Noblesse Oblige"?Margu
rite A. Tindal.
Dr. Riley, the pre-iident, delivered
diplomas to the graduates.
The programme closed with the
singing of a chorus for female voices
composed for and dedicated to the
class of 1897, by Giuseppe Ferrata
Cavalier, musical instructor of Greenville
Ft male college; words by Mrs.
M. H. Cleveland of Greenville. This
was a beautiful and fitting close to a
successful year's work.
The graduates are:
Bachelor of Arts?Luva E. Agnew
of Donalds, Clill'ird B, Jordan of
Greenville, Nina W. Riser of Greenville,
Robbie P. Wakefield of Septus,
Nell S. Walters of Honea Path.
Bachelor of English?M. Amelia
Norris of Vances, Cora C. Parker of
Greenville, Janie E. Strawn of Green
vill, Kate H. Sloan of Greenville, and
Marguerite A. Tindal of Felder.
The alumni association of Furman.
at its annual meeting this week, decided
to push the matter of an alumni
hall and through the efforts of President
Moseley and others enough money
has been su Dscribed to jsutify the belief
that work will soon begin. It has
been proposed that the alumni hold a
big celebration in 1901. the semi-centennial
of the founding of Furman.
The Rev. H. R. Moseley of Florence
has been elected to tho position of
trustee made vacant by the death of
the Rev. J. A. W. Thomas, and the
Rev. D. VV. Key takas the place of G.
A "Mrvv rcrrvorl
Jefferson Still Lives.
William J. Bryan spoke at Charlottesville,
Va., Thursday before the
Washington and Jefferson literary societies
of the university. His subject
was ''JeffersonStill Lives." The people
had congregated from all sections
of the country among them men
prominent in business and joltics,
maoy of tnem alumni of this old university,
who had not seen their alma
mater since leaving its classic shades
years ago. The extent of the interest
which this address has attracted
througnout the country has surprised
every one. Mr. Brj/an was int>oduced
by Mr. Campbell, and his address was
Uovuied mainly to Jefferson's idea of
government. Alluding to tbe money
question, he saidsinco such whs so decidedly
out of place, he could not deal
it fUit? A/?/>5einvi Rut HA H(?
YT1LU. lb UU buio vvvacivu UI/V) uv V.V
clared, that wliile he mi^ht be wrong,
every human being was liable to error,
the one need of the people was a
currency good everywhere. In other
words, one which would not fluctuate
in value, aud which was as good as
any other in the world. At the conclusion
of the address, Mr. Brjanheld
a reception on the lawn, lasting two
hours.
Fearei.1 an Investigation.
Isaac Nortion, cashier of the United
States Internal Revenue Dap.irtoieut
ot San Francisco, has committed suicide
with carbolic acid. He had been
notilitd by liuveaueColecLoc Wilburn
that nis accounts were to be examined
in const quenco of tho succession of
Captain Thrasher as Special Agent of
the department. He was under bond
for $2l),00l), with the National Surety
Company of Kansas, and the collector
says that if there is any shortage
it cannot amount to more than $5,000
or $6,01)0,
THE DISPENSARY FIGHT.
Original Package Stores In Charleston and I
Greenville Closed.
TT/m* enrriD nnlrnmm ronco 1 ^rj a /I
Jl kj I JUUI \j uunuv M u vumov. uhj uu
ministration will pursue a different
course regarding "original package"
establishments than at first announced
when Judge Sirronton's decision be
came known. This was very clearly
shown in a statement which Governor
Ellerbee Thursday gave the press. It
is as follows:
"Heaving from a reliable source that
Mr. F M. Simmons of Greenville had
opened an 'original package' store, I
sent Sr.ate Detective Newbold up there
to look into the matter and see if he
was selling in accordance with the de
cision of Judee Simonton. Newbold
found that Mr. Simmons was selling- ^
beer by the bottle nnd also whiskey in f
the same way. Upon receiving this t
information, I wired Newbold to have ,
him arrested. Judge Simonton, in
his decision, did not say that a man
could break open a crate of beer or .
whiskey and sell by the bottle. Simmons
was an agent of a whiskey dealer
and not of a manufacturer."
Governor Ellerbe then went on to
say that he had wired Assistant Attor- r
ney General Townsend, who is investigating
original package establishments
in Charleston, to have Pinkussohn,
an original package man, ar- ,
rested. The chief executive holds that
the dispensary regulations must be
complied with by original package
agents; that agents must directly rep- ,
resent brewers or distillers, and not
dealers who handle their goods; that 0
1: Ai 1? -v J /? ?1? a
iiquur uauuut uc aturcu iui auic m tuia
State. On these grounds he ordered
the arrest of Pinkussohn. The gover
nor Thursday afternoon received a
telegram stating that Pinkussohn had *
been arrested and the stock seized. An 1
inventory was taken of the goods on x
hand and the State will hold possession
of them without removing them j
until the case is settled.
The governor further holds that as
Judge Simontoa in his decisiou used ?
the word manufacture throughout i
and nowhere said the dealers in the
products of manufacturers had the
right to establish agencies in this
State, he would not permit Pinkussohn
to act as agent of dealers, as he s
is trving to do- Pinkussohn is will- ?
ing to test this very poiat, claiming Q
to have legal advice that he has the
right to act as agent for dealer* as a
well as manufacturers.
About the storing of liquors in the ^
State and selling by original packages t(
the governor said that an agent can s
take orders for shipment of liquor
from other States for delivery in the ?
original package, but that if he opens
a warehouse and stores liquors in this
State for delivery upon sale, he be- t
comes as much subject to the State's p
police power as citizens of this State j
who might attempt to manufacture or ^
sell liquor. The governor, upon con- j.(
sultation with Attorney General Bar- D
ber, is determined to maintain these
grounds until a further judicial deliv- 0
erance: f
That alcoholic liquors cannot be e
stored in South Carolina for sale in g
this State. [
That the original package cannot be j
broken and its component quantities
sold separately. ^
That manufacturers only, and not ?
ran hn rftnrps^nt.ftd in this *
State by agents. b
That the dispensary regulation mu3t g
be obeyed by original package agents q
as well as by dispensers. (
Slaughter of Spaniards.
The news comes from Havana that
a large force under Gen. Quintin Ban- s
dera succeeded in destroying a body ?
of Spanish near Sabana. Gen. Ban- '
dera placed his men in ambush and j.
then instructed five scouts to approach *
a fort where the Spaniards were barri- ^
caded. The Spaniards sallied from the *
fort in pursuit of the scjuts, who cunningly
fell back, leading their pursu ~
ers into the heart o Bandera's am- ?
bush. A hot fight ensued, first with jj
musketry, but finally hand to hand. d
All of General Bandera's men were r
negroes with machetes. Ten of tha ?
insurgents were kilied and the entire j
pui suing party of the Spaniards. At _
Alguisa, a town of 3,000 inhabitants, *
178 persons died last mcnth from hun t
1 J?? T -\T
ger anu unatuuLiuu. ouaijum t
an American citizen, has been arrest- ?
ed at Remedios. He has retained Jose
Pando as his counsel, and the latter v
will make a protest if the authorities v
proceed to try Vargas by court mar- a
tiaJ. It is reportei from K?medios
that Pancbo Carillo has directed that
the insurgeut leader Fanteya, a mu a
latto, be court-martialed and shot.
From Jaruco come reports of the successful
landing of an expedition.
Judge HmiIhu Killed. a
James P. Harlan was accidentally n
killed by a train on the Louisville, v
Henderson and St. Louis railway v
Wednesday afternoon at Louisville. C
Mr. Harlan, who was about 70 years t<
rvlrl moo ?-?no rtt thft mnst nmminftnt I
lawyers in the Stale, enjoying a large d
practice and holding a high judicial p
office in this county. He had a very a
uncontrollable appetite for liquor, and o
was iocapaciated for business despite 1;
the eilorts of his relatives and friends d
to bring about his cure. He practiced C
law for several years in Kansas, and a
returned to Luuisville about ihree t
years ago and voluntarily entered the' ti
alms house, where he has since resided, *
Judge Harlan was on his way to the I
railway station to purchase the even- r
ing paper, as was his custom, when li
the train overtook him. He was not p
dependent upon the city charities, bat s
had always been liberally supplied c
with money by his relations. He pre- I
ferred to live at the institution because tl
of a personal friendship for ttie super- t<
ir.lonHtint 1;
The PIhco to Huy Hornes. b
The Seattle Post says horses have s;
become so worthless that they can be
purchased for 50 cents to $2 a head,
and nobody wants them at that. They
have becooao so uu nerous on the ran ^
ges of eastern Wa>hinirlou that they -jare
now regarded much as wild ammal=,
which deprive valuable sheep ^
and cattle of the provender needed for 1
the'n. In time, if the nurnoer in "
creases, they will becom - sport for the
hunter, and the question may very "]
properly arise whether their llesli is ^
uot as wholesome and nutri'.ioua as
that of deer. ^
Lynching StiUintlcn, o
New York World prints tiio stalis.tica si
of lynching in tne United Slates since a
January 1, 18D6- It shows that thrre J
were 141 persons lynched in lS'.)d. Of
these lynehings 131 occurred in ttio ti
South and 10 in Hie uortn, 80 were c
negroes and 55 whites. Tue World's s
list for 181)7 shows that there have a
been 47 persons lynched so far this U
year. h
NEWBERRY COLLEGE.
fourteen Young Men Compose the Graduation
Class This Year.
The commencement of Newberry
3ollefe, which ended on last Wedneslay,
vras of a most interesting characer.
A dispatch from Newberry to the
Columbia Register says Wednesday
he opera house was packed from cenre
to circumference and from boitom 1
^ r 11L Tinlin w A*. aIi AfifwA MOTTA I
luy. JLUt? X lei J11LL uitucatia j;avo
iao selections. The exercises began 1
vith prayer by Rev. S. T. Hallman, .
>f Prosperity. Then came the ,
peeches of the graduates,the pleasant. y
anticipated event. The class of *97
lumbers fourieen young men of
South Carolina, as worthy a set that \
?er set foot from college balls. The ,
ollowing was the programme, except '
hat Mr. Boland was detained at home j
iy sickness: ,
W. B. Aull, Dyson?Salutatory. ]
Clifford Banks, Newberry?Jingo- j
3m. ,
W. C. Bynum, Newb9rr/?Conserrafton
of Energy.
Jame?Calk, Lexington?Trusts'.
J. 8. Derrick, Hilton?Victori-33 in ,
*eace.
J. M. Long, Newberry?The Power
if Publicity.
G. A, Riser, Pomaria?Epidemic
iVhims.
P. D. Risinger, Leesville?Religion
n Social Questions.
F. K. Rwf, Brookland?"Put
lonev in Thv Purse."
E. U. Shealy, White Rjck? Pewon1
Virtue in Political Eminence.
A. S. Wells, Newberry?North Pole.
H. F. Wheeler, Prosperity?Comaercial
Partnership.
R. A. Abrams, Newberry?Valedicory.
# i
To say that the young men acquitted
hemselves handsomely would oe but ;
feeble attempt on the part of The
legister reporter to express the con- :
ensus of opinion. The hearty ap- ;
ilause following each speech attested ;
he appreciation of the audience, as
he floral gifts proved the popularity <
if the graduates. There were showers (
if flowers, and many of the boquets ]
yere magnificent. >
The clos5 of the interesting; and in- <
tructive programme followed the j
warding of medals and presentation j
f diplomas. Much interest is always ]
aken in this stage of the procsedings,
s well as in the preceding stages <
Jreat interest was manifested in the ;
elirery of the salutatory and valedic- j
nr. loea than in that of ftl 1 thfl
WWMjy ?W A M ? 1
peeches, with the entire proceedings. (
The awarding of medals and prizes ,
ras as follows: I
The 8. J. Derrick preparatory prize j
-to that member "who shall make ]
he highest average in the senior pre
aratory class"?a copy of Webster's |
nternational Dictionary?was won (
y Mr. Geo. W. St. Clair, of Caarl^is ,
Dn. Presented b7 Rjy. M. M. Kitard,
of Columbia.
The Dr.0. B. Mayer freshman prize f
ten dollars in books?"to that 1
reshman who shall stand the best <
xamination for admission into the ]
ophomore class"?was won by Mr. i
). R. Riser, of Saluda. Presented by <
lev. E J. Sox, of Lexington. j
The Thomas W. Hollo way and W. |
L Moselev sophomore Greek medal? t
'a gold medal annually awarded to <
hat sophomore who has sustained the ]
est examination in the Greek lan- j
;uage"?was won by Mr. W. A. Rast, ]
f Orangeburg. Presented by J. B. j
j in. none way, 01 iseuwooa.
The J. F. J. Caldwell history medal (
'a gold medal to that member of the |
enior class who shall pass the best i
xamination on an assigned course of |
wo years reading in history" Subject j
or 1897: Green's Shorter History of |
England)?was won by Mr. E. U. <
)heil.y, of Wbite Rock, presented by ,
lev. M. O. J. Krem of Augusta. <
The George 3. Mower essay, medal ,
-"a gold medal annually a warded 10 .
hat member of the senior class who
tas written the best essay on a subject j
lesignated by the faculty"?the essay \
ieing a requisite for graduation (sab- ]
ect for 1897: "Self celp ve^us Slate- j
lelp'')?was won by Mr. Robert A. <
idams, the first honor man. Pre- i
eoted by Rav. Dr. J. C. Moser, oi s
w /I
JLlKsXXWLJ, j.1 vl
The presentation speeches were all j
ood and to the point, j
The remarks of President Cromer, j
rhieh closed the memorable occasion, j
/ere particularly happy and appropri- j
te. They were words "fitly spoken."
And thus ended commencement. |
Bright were the exercises. Bright <
re the future prospects of Newberry j
Joliege. <
Hydrophobic Curt). j
According to the Medicine Moderue, |
French missionary in China witnessed
recently bow two cf his terriers |
rare bitten by a rabid dog, and was (
ery much worried about it. Several j
Jbiuese who happened to be there |
*''1 I m'a m/vmmn ttt a a
JiU LLlLIi UilClt UlO ??\Ji k J (i<m nwviukv
y uncalled for, since they had an uu $
oubtsdly safe preventive against the (
oison of a rabid dog taking effect, j
nd to prove the assertion live China
len who had been bitten in March of j
a4 year by a mad dog were presented (
3 the missionary. He found that the \
Jhinamen eat of the raw liver of the
lad dog after being bitten, and i: ,
hey partake of this within a given }
iiue after the accident, it is said they (
nil not be subject to hydrophobia [
t is curioas thatPlinius in his Natu- ,
al History recommends eating the (
iver tf a triad tiog, if bitten, as raw as
ossible, and they who could not t
wallow the liver raw should have 1? j
ooked and drink the broth therefrom. i
t is ujt yjositiwel> knowu whethenis
rornedy is efficacious, but it app.ar i c
3 be worthy of investigation, purlieu
trly srnce this seems io be the actual f
?ginning of the isopa'.hic treat men',
iuce perlectoi by Pasteur and Kocb. j,
Fitnuy Jackeou't) D.-adly Unti
Ed Kil^ore, a contractor and build f
r, met iris death at tiie hti'ids of AI;ss j
'anny Jackson and her three brothers s
'hursday. Kil^f ro was sitting in th? ,
ra.ittuur room at liHiiOuia, lexis, wuen c
lias Jackson, accompanied by a siste^ e
rd three brothers, entered, the men
tkiig positions at the doors. T.u;
irl drew a revolver and tired at K.l
ore. Tue Duilet wei-t wide a><d j
.ruck h'r bro'hrr, B.xsde Jacfcso.'i in t
is forehead, killiuir msianiiy. Kil
ore dashed down the railroad truck t
? *. '' fr-.M.-tll n.l>; Kill! .fji! k t
ju, another brother, intercepted hmi ,
udsuot him in the back. Afier Bad -c
ausson hud emptied his revolver, i
Liss Jackson wak.d up and tired \
iree more shu.s u to Kilgore, ex- 1
laiming: "You covvjird, you have
landered me long euoughEx- s
initiation snowed tnat r.ine snots hat) '
iken etftcv, an_y one of which would <
.ive proved fatal. it
WEATHER AND CEOPS.
THE CONDITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S
FARMING INTERE8T8.
The Regular Weekly Bulletin of tka
Weather Bureau loaned Monday by Dl- <
rector Baner?The Gener&l Outlook*
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition of the weather and
urujis ui iue otatr xasueu jut&i rruc*. wy
Observer Bauer of the South Carolina
section of the Uaited States climate
and crop bureau:
TEMPERATURE.
Tbe temperature was about normal*
the mean for the week havwg been 76
while the normal is approximately 77.
rhe fore part of the week was below
aormal while the last three days were
rery warm. The highest temperature
reported was 100 on the 12th at Beaufort,
the lowest 57 on the 9th at Columbia.
PRECIPITATION.
The weather was showery on the
7th, 8th and 9th, and showery Condiditions
prevailed in places on the 13th.
Heavy washiDg rains occurred during
the first of the week, with consider*
ble flooding of lowlands, and material
injury to crops ih Spartanburg, Greenville,
Fairfield, Clarendon, Newberry,
rMn?r?<.
uup,wuwiu, ViOUgOUUlg) ^SUUTT^IJUIlreus,
Greenwood, Anderson, York,
Kershaw, Lancaster and Bambejsr.
At the close of the week it was atul i
too wet to plow bottoms and in plaoes
uplands in Chester, Chesterfield.
Berkeley, Spartanburg, Bamberg ana '
Horry. . ?> j
The average of 50 measurements for
the week was 2.07, and the normal la
approximately 1.04. Seven places *ei {
ported less than 1.00 of rain, 34 places
from 1 to 2 inches, 19 places ore* 2
inches, among them were the folIojr- <
ing heavy rains: Blackvilie, 3.99;
Mount Clare, 4 18; Loopers, 5 93; J?ffdries
Creek, 310; Pinapolis, 4 44; j
Barksdale, 4.10; Santuc, 3.11. 3$e
2 ^-respondents at Inman,Spartanbaifl|
county, reports nearly 15 inches Q?
rain in six hours oil the 7th. It.is 1
scribed as haying been in the nature
of a cloudburst. Streams in the viflijiity
were higher than ever known aad ^
i great deal of injury to crops, etc.._
resulted.
Hail, doing material injury ttfcoro,
lotton, fruit and tobacco, occurred in
Edgefield, Fairfield, Anderson, Marion,
Sumter, Chester, Pickent, Glar3ndon,
Florence, Hampton and Orangeburg.
Hail also fell, but without
ioiag any material iajury, in Spartanburg,
Newberry, Barnwell, Lex-'
iagton, Richland, Chesterfield!, Darlington
and Saluda. ..*
Sansbine varied greatly in different
portions of the State, but was averaged
about normal with 63 pel cent,
of the possible.
crops .ic-uuliM
The adverse conditions of the
OTAPIT WPCA nltriorAthAi< nh-raiftoJ And
therefore local, and consisted mainly
}f high water flooding bottom lands*
heavy rains washing slopes and hsU
beating down corn, cotton and tobacco.
Com pari tively speaking the dafflr
ige was confined to limited areas 1m
;he counties already named. From
ibbeville and lower Barn wellreporti
were received of crops suffering for
rain, and from Spartanburg, Cheater,
Lancaster and Chesterfield of too much
rain for plowing and that crops an
getting to be foul.
Chinch bugs continue to destroy
jorn and other vegetation over Ohes;er
and York; cut worms in DorcMS*
:er, Colleton, Hampton and Williams*
aurg, bat corn has generally made
apid growth, and ia many placesis
Deing laid by. The corn crop does not
jome up to an average condition in
?tber size or stand, owing principally
x> broken stands on bottom lands
caused by worms. Replanting still
?olug on.
Cjttoa made fair and altogether satisfactory
progress during the week.
3rass threatens the crop in some looalties,
but the plant is of sufficient silt,
iQd the prevailing hot, sunny weath*
ir will enable farmers to kill gitSS
readily, and is also the weather best
suited for the development of cation.
Squares are reported plentiful where
ihe plant is large enough, but ootton
is unseasonably small everywhere.
Biooms have been noted in Barnwell,
but are as yet scarce. Lice infest some
fields, but are not general.
Tobacco has developed rapidly late
y ana is now in excellent conumou,
sxcept that worms are numerous in
Florence, while in Florence and Olar3adon,
and to a lesser extent in some
jther counties in the tobacco district,
aail has done material injury to the
plant.
Rice is growing nicely, but in Colston
young rice has been attacked by
caterpillars with, however, but alight
njary as yet. In the Georgetown and
Sorry districts rice is doing well.
Peas are being sown on stubble land
ind in with corn. Seed scarce in
Chester and Georgetown, but reported
ilrtntifu] in Newberrv county. 9
Wheat harvest has made fair progress,
and the yield is generally reported
up to an average and very satsfactory.
Outs harvest nearly completed for
winter sown. The yield about up te
in average. Spring sown has improy:d,
but will be a poor crop nevertheess.
Some oats shocked on the fields
vere damaged slightly by the rains
'arlv in the week.
Melons are doing better since the
ains, but have a poor stand and in
jlaces are attacked by bugs. Will be
aie.
Transplanting sweet potato draws
:outinues. Oae locality reports draws
earce, but generally they are plentiul.
la the trucking districts thecondiions
have improved very much, and
ate vegetables aie doing well.
Pastures have revived, and now afor<l
on.-ul crazing. Gardens in excel
eat condition. Minor crops, such M
ugar cane, sorghum, pinders, Iriah
>otatoes and otner food and forage
:rops are fully up to or above any avrage
condition.
Fabuloas Gold Mine.
A strike of fabulous richneta has
jst been made in the ninth level of
lie Gregory bobtail mine at Central
Jity, Colorado. The real value of
he ore found cannot be learned, aa
h.a AMvntAM of the mine refuse to di
, ultjeit, and have placed an armed
ruard at the mine, but it is known
hat the vein struck is two feet in
7idth stid is so full of wire gold aa to
u?i many thousand dollars to the ton.
Che Ore^ory has been worked conitantly
for the past thirty-eight years.
property is being worked by the
roid Coin Mines Compeny, a corpora*
ion composed of New York men.
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