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TO THINK OWN SKLF BK TUUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TDK NIGHT TDK DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THJfiN UK FALSK TO ANY MAN. KY JAYNE8, SilELOK, SMITH ? STECK. WA lill AIL LA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 24, 10OO. N1SW SERIES, NO. 112._VOLUME LI._NO 21. WE V We ar< ?Piques, Gin vou want a We ha^ is the leadi] N. B.-Try one Cake of Soap, both BOARD OF VISITORS OF Cl -MSON College Make Their Report-Adventures ol lhc Military Feature. lielow is the report o? tho Hoard of Visitors of Clemson College. lion. li. NV. Simpson, Chairman I ion rd of Trustees of Clemson Col lego, s. (.'.-Dear Sir : In pursuance of notice received by us from tho Secretary of Trustees of Clemson College thc undersigned arrived at the College on tho 2d of .May lo serve as thu Hoard of Visitors. Wo beg leave to make tho follow ?ng i ilpori : To those of us who had not he fore visited the institution and who had formed our ideas ol' it from cas ual report, tho beauty ol' the situa tion, the extent of tho grounds and their stale of improvement, as well as thi* number and excellence of tho buildings, was a most agreeable dis covery. Our attention was next arrested by the appearance bc foro tho agri cultural hall of the military corps of thu College, comprising nil thc stu dents in attendance, and numbering over lour hundred stalwart, active young tuen, handsomely uniformed, well equipped and thoroughly or ganized. Wo heartily endorse tho employ ment ol' military exercise in the management. Those of us who have had experience as students and teachers in oilier colleges fool satis lied that nothing conduces more to the cultivation ol' habits ol' order and obedience lo law, while at tho same time it elevates ibo tone and car riage of the student, than military discipline. Our opinions on ibis matter re ceived very considerable confirma tion by our visit the same evening to the barracks, where we found every thing quiet and orderly, thc students all through tin, large building oc cupying their rooms ami busily en gaged in t heir st adios. <)n thc following day thc Hoard made tho complete round ol' the various dopai t incuts, visit ing the in structors and students in their class rooms, observing thc equipments and methods ot' instruction in each, and also three of the laboratories and work shops. Kverywhere wo found ext renie onlcr, neatness and dili gence prevailing among the students and heany earnestness and enthu siasm on the part of tho teachers. lt is impossible lo dib . upon details in so wide a Meld of work, bot wc can say, without hesitation or quali fication , that while we found the in struction being given very different in character and method lo that ?111 parted In ns in our youth, il was snell as we have continually felt the in cd of during our maturer years. While the useful in thc Uaconian sense is throughout the predominant idea in thc laboratories ami work shops, from ilie mechanical ami lex tile departments to the agricultural ami veterinary class rooms, every where 'he becoming and the aesthe tic was observed ami provided, and we believe that, usefulness aside, the students will derive from the study of the sciences ol' chemis try, botany, entomology, geology, pursued herc, n culture as high and broad as that sought for in thc purely humanitarian studies of oilier ?lays. Wi understand that it is proposed lo inaugurate a new course ?d' nature stud) in connection with lhc publi cation ol' bulletins lo bc distributed among the rural schools, Wc hope ibis movement will bc successfully developed, lt has been suggested that the State Summer School for Teachers, held sometimes at I incl* Hill, should mool ibis year at Clem son, Such i change, ii praclicabl -, Would be n| gn at ad cant age t-. thc teachers in the agricultural sections. Nowhere else could varied ami valu able object lessons iii rural science and imlusi ry bc presented, Wc Mote willi pleasure t bc im - prov t im ni nu the slope in front of ibo agricultural hall by lhc success ful establishment of a lawn of Italian MNT YO ? now offering soi ghamsand Percales, t 5 cents per yard, ^e just received a li ag one for 1900. ) of our 5-cent pacfc for 5 cents. ryo grass, and in general all iho grounds ami tho roads arc rapidly undergoing t?uoh better ment* as bid fair to inaugurate a now ora in landscape forestry and gardening among us. We visited the IV - .i and found it in a state of excellent cultivation. In this con nection, and in view of muoll neces sary work about to bo undertaken, it would bo a matter of much saving it titi' full quota of convicts that has been allotted hero was furnished without delay. Our visit to tho experiment sta tion disclosed lo us a great number of carefully planned and valuable ex periments in progress, with the pur pose of maintaining thom through a series of years-a most important provision. In every way practicable tho at tention of fanners should bo called to tho veterinary department. A very casual inspection of it must COU' vinco anyone that thoro is light herc lo disp 1 lie barbarous darkness pre vailing in regard to tho treatment ol animals. Wo visited tho hospital and an g ra ti li ed to slate that we found oui j ono patient in tho wards and thai he was convalescent. Wo forbear further comment ox ccpt to say that we sincerely believi that the institution is making mos unusual and commendable progros in every regard under ?ls presen management ; that tho president the faculty and tho trustees real ix fully tho paramount interests on trusted to them, and that tho publi may rely safely on their administra lion. The ono fact that npplieatioi for admission to this school has boo made by throe hundred pupils mor than il was possible to accommod?t is sufficient to justify n higher once ni i tl m than any wo have passed upo it. We have the honor to bc, vor respectfully, your obedient servanU (?KoitnK S. Mow KU, W. M. THOMAS, I IA it uv HAMMOND. Producing Early Poaches. Mr. J, ii. Hale, tho great Ame ican pencil grower, is reported t have said that he gets poaches tw wicks earlier by the fol Io will method: In the middle of ll growing season put a strong wit around a large arm of a troo an twist it fairly tight. This ohed the llow ol" sap and causes fruit bm to flinn early and in great numhc The fruit on the branches of th arm will ripen two weeks carib than on tho untreated branches, an vs ?ll br mucll more highly colore lilli this part of the tree will be i weakened by tin; treatment that should be cut. away after fruitin that new shoots may come and tal its placo. Thus ono largo .inn < limb of a lice may be forced ea< year. STATU oi Dino, CITY OK TOI.KOO, 1 I,ia-AS COUNTY, \ ' Frank .1. Cheney makes oath that he Hie senior partner of tho linn of F. Cheney A CO., doing business in Iho Ci ol Toledo, County and State aforesa and that said linn will pay the sum Ono Hundred Dollars for eaeh a ovo ry ease of Catarrh that cannot euied bj Ide use of Hall's Catlin ll Cu F KANS J. ClIKNKV Sworn lo before nie and .subscribed my presence, this lilli day of Dccccih A. I), issi;. , - A. W. Ol.KASON, -I Al. -?. -? Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interim mid nets directly on the blood and II eons sin faces of the system. Send lest ?mold?is, free. F. J, Cn KS KV & Co., Toledo, 0 .sold by Druggists, 7<>o. Hall's Family Fills are the best. At tho race conference being held Montgomery, Alabama, Hon. Mon Cockran, of New York, it is stat scored the most brilliant success of race conference ill the closing < lion. Ile boldly advocated the repea I lie Ct li amendment (otho Federal G Siltation, Ile argued that it was a I linili on tho troo; that it had been m lied by the States; that it had h lynched, so to speak, by the people the South. "DeWitt's I,it tlc Farly Risers aro lincst pills I ever used."- -D. .1. Mo. Millbrook, Ala. They quickly euro liver and bowel troubles. .1. W. Hoi ne special bargain! All the Yard-wic ne of KABO CORS ages of Washing ] "WHITE SUPREMACY." Senator Tillman's Amazingly Frank Story of thc Suppression ol tho Negro Vote. [From Leslie's Weekly. I Tho overwhelming majority of th" white people of ?South Carolina, grown desperate at the misrule and robbery to which they had been sub jected, and with their angry pan sions aroused by the threatened de struction of our civilization, set to work in January, 1870, to redeem the State at any and all hazards. The D?mocratie party was reorgan ized, and its one battle ery was "white supremacy.*' The work of reorganizing was soon rapidly un der way in all the upper portion of tho State. In many of the lower counties the whites wen; so down- . hearted and depressed at the hope lessness of the struggle that they made little or no movement ; but in tht! Piedmont, where the [lampton canvass had its beginning, there was inaugurated one of the most re markable campaigns in history, The whites were organized rapidly into military companies and armed, for tho negro militiamen, armed am) well equipped, numbered upward of 8,000 and were frequently on the move to ami fro from thc place ol' regimental rendezvous. There were not lacking threats and actions by them to terrorize the white women and children and enrage the white men. The whites were in a minor ity of :10,00() voters in tho State ; but this had no effect on the leaders. The Democrats adopted the red shirt as a uniform and followed Hampton as he went from county lo county, marching in procession as his escort. As many as '',000 red shirtod horsemen were seen in dif ferent counties riding across country from court house to court house. When Chamberlain began hi.? can vass his lirst meeting at Kdgeliehl, where the negroes were two to one, was captured by 1,500 Democrats in red shirts, under .Mart dary, a Con federate brigadier, and the boldest leader of the whites in the State. A division of time was demanded and the negroes were addressed by the Democratic speakers, who to his teeth told Chamberlain, who was running for re-election, of the vil lainies which he and his associates had perpetrated. This was the first fruits of the new policy, and the. effect over the State was electrical. Cowed and crestfallen at heing thus branded in the presence of his black dupes, the Governor left ridgefield never to re turn, and after a similar experience at Midway, in Barnwell county, a | week later, he quit the canvass and began to lay plans for the use of the United States troops as the only hope left. Tht! Hamburg riot, which occurred tho 7th day of .Inly, gave tins excuse, and a regiment ol' troops was sent into the Statt! under Gon eral Huger. The ICIIctlton riot fol lowed in September, and more troops wert; sent. I was in both riots ; but space forbids any details. Hampton in his canvass tuged per suasion and peaceful methods. Gary and l>titler, on tho contrary, advo cated tho "shot gun," and the favor ite maxims of the former were : "Fight tho dovil with lire." ?All OUIICC of fear is worth a ton of per suasion." Tht! respect for tht! Slate Constitution and the laws which hail been thrust upon the people at. the point of the bayonet by the car pet-bag government wert! overthrown at once. Oaths became idle words, without force or meaning. The pur pose was to carry the election at any and all hazards, and in any and all ways necessary. As thc election ftp. proached, the sky at night was lil up by tho light of blazing gin houses, the work of incendiaries. Having such a large majority to overcome and knowing that in only about two-thirds of the State the whites were enthused, lhere were no scruples on election day as lo how tho votes got into the boxes ami how many times a man voled, or whether the negroes wert! allowed to vote W. B ?JESS! 3 in Lawns, le Sheeting 1ETS, which AUKNIGHT* Powder and 5-cent C. W. B. as they wen- not ill many instances. Thc people. were wrought up to such n pitch ol' desperation that lifo was not worth having upon tho condi tions which existed. It was openly declared to bo tho purpose to have a white man's government or a mili tary government, and ill those coun ties where the troops were stationed the Democratic majority was great est. At the election Hampton had most votes and was declared elected; hut (irani, sustained Chamberlain's claim, and thc troops held the Slate House from thc first week in Decem ber until after Hayes was inaugu rated in .March, following. There was a dual government and a dual legislature; hut Hampton's government alone received any monoy from thc taxpayers, ami thc seulement ol* Hayes's title lo the Presidency by the Electoral Com mission carried willi it the agree ment to withdraw the troops. Then thc carpet-bag government collapsed in tl night, and each thief who could get away hurriedly left the State. The work of rehabilitation and res toration was slow. Thc Slate's credit .vas for thc tillie ruined ; but with labor and patience order soon caine out of chaos, thc debt was re funded, and all legal obligations met ; honest judges took thc place of bribe-takers who had disgraced thc bench. There were so many indict ments in the Slate Courts against the county oflicers, legislators, and other Republicans, that by arrests ami resignations nearly all tho offices were soon in the hands of decent white men. There were hundreds of indictments in the Utlilod Slates Courts for riot, murder, intimida tion, etc., and finally an understand ing was reached that the whiles would make au exchange of prison ers, KO to speak, ami all prosecutions ?ni both sides were dropped. In the campaign of 1878 lhere was a more or less determined effort on tho part of the negroes to regain their lost power ; but the whiles swept everything by the same meth ods used in 1870 in a modified de gree. Ft did not require such il rus tic measures io hold tho Mate as it hail to capture il. I n I SSU tho ne groes made a feeble spasmodic at tempt, and Iben with the enact ment of a registration law and thc "Might box law," which was a modified form ol' educational qualification, all organized efforts to overthrow the white or Democratic parly ceased; ami from that time until IS',);",, when the new Constitution requiring an educational qualification for suffrage was adopted, thc negro vole ceased tobi' a factor in South Cardilla pol itics. Very many ol' th? in never took tho trouble to go to the polls at all, and when they did go it made no difference. In ISTb the whites had voted, along with the negroes, for a coiictiiutionul two-mills school tax. In 1895 the convention, coin posed I f> I whites ami six negroes, increased this to three mills. South Curolilin now leads the South in ed ucation and manufactures. Its credit is such that its IA per cent lion tb', ure at I'JU. Its negro popu lation is as happy and contented and as prosperous as that ill any oilier Stat e i p. the I ' Ilion, The suppression of the colored VOtO, first by force and fraud and later by constitutional methods, has been the subject ol' much adverse criticism by those who knew nothing about the horrors ol' carpet-bag nile; bul those who participated in the Struggle to wrest the State from thc band of robbers who had used the igiio'ant and debased negro vote lo waste our substance and destroy our civilization, have no apologies lo make, and will leave to the impar liai historian (d' the future the ques tion as lo whether the end justified the inenilS, The people ol' South Carolina do not doubt what the ver dict will be, neither ?lo they care. I?K N.i AM IN li. TILLMAN. Senor Silvela, Sn: ?. '. premier, will ask his country . u. a great sacrifice lo build a HOW navy. THE STATE CONVENTION HELD IN COLUM BIA LAST WEEK WAS THE MOST UARMONIOUSJN il DECADE. A Strong Platform Adopted-Tillman Endorsed by tho Convention-Delogatos Electod. Tho State Democratic Convention, wliich mot in Columbia Inst Wednes day, was harmonious for thc first time in a decade, ami n unit for lilyan and tho Chicago plalform, with added planks. NV. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, pre sided. Ho congratulated tho State upon tlie li.'irmony in thc Democratic ranks. Thc delegation to the National Convention was, after debate, in structed to vole as a unit upon all mutters. Thc delegates at large are : Sena tor li. ll. Tillman, Gov. M. li. Mc sweeney, State Chairman Wilie .Iones and A. C. Palmier. HVotn the Congressional Districts : First District-W. li. Wilson, of Charleston ; Thos. Tal bi rd, of beau fort. Second District-C. W. Garr?s, Bamberg ; .lames ll. Tillman, ridge field. Third District-I. II. McCalla, I.owndesville ; W..I. Striblin0, Wal halla. Fourth District-J. A. Mooney, Greenville ; .lohn (Jury Kvans, Spar enburg. Fifth District-I. C. Wilboni, Old Point ; T. V. Williams, Lancas ter. Sixth District-D. ll. Traxler, Timmonsvillo ; T. W. Bouchier, I lenncttsville. Seventh District-Congressman .1. \V. Stokes, Orangeburg ; W. li. d a her, Waltcrhoro. On motion of .Mr. lileasc, Senator Tillman was re-elected National Committ3cman. The platform as reported hy thc committee reads as follows : ItcRolvcd, By the Democracy of South Carolina, in Convention as sembled : First, That wc reaffirm our alle giance to the Democratic party of tho I'liilcd Slates and declare again our belief in the principles upon which thc parly was founded hy Thomas Jefferson. Second, That wc endorse in full ami in particular thc platform adop ted by thi! Democratic Convention al Chicago in 1800, and that we ad here lo thc pliciples therein CllUtlci- j ated wiltlOUl qualification or amend ment, and demand their reallirnia- ' lion hy thc Convention which will meet in Kansas City on July Ith next. Third, That, we condemn as in jurious to the best interests of this country thc financial legislation of . ... the Kepuhlican majority ?ti Congress. Its policy proves the subserviency of that party to the trusts and na tional hank interests. Fourth, That wo view with alarm thc power which the trusts, through ; the Kopllhiican party, are exercising over legislation and national policies ' and their ability to control thc prices of the necessities of life with out regard to the law of supply and demand. Wo condemn thc hypo critical attitude of the Pcpublican lenders, who abuse trusts and com bines, while they use the money ob tained from them and stolen from thc people to debauch ibo ignorant volers of thc country. Fifth, That we denounce thc im perialistic policy of Ihe present K'c publicnn administration, under Pres ident William McKinley, as contrary to the letter and spirit of the Dec laration of Independence and the ('(Institution of the United States, and as dangerous to lite liberty and freedom not only of tho people of the Spanish Inlands, but of tho citi zens of thi? ijountry as well. The benevolent assimilation of ibo Pili pinos is proven to lie tho benevo lence of murder and tho assimila tion ol* robbery. We denounce it as an out rage t o the consciences nf liberty-loving Americans. Our free institutions cannot long survive thc destruction of those principles upon which they rest, and the spectacle of subject peoples hold down by the bayonet and robbed by carpet-bag gers, bul foreshadows tho fate ol' our own country unless the people MIC aroused to our danger. The unjust war ol* subjugation now being ear rie I on in the Philippines by Presi dent McK ?uley should be ended al once, with defllnito and specific dec larntion.H to the natives as to the in tentions of this country to aid ilium in lie establishment of a free gov orntrioiii of their own ohoioo under u protectorate of tho United States. Sixth, That wo demand a strict adherence on tho part of tho United State? (Jove rnmcnt to the solemn pledges by w hioh Congress promised independence to the Cuban patriots, and for which this country waged a successful and glorious war with Spain. Seventh, That wc denounce and condemn the unjust and unconsti tutional treatment of Porto Rico by the Republican party, whose policy in that island is not only illegal, but unworthy of a Republic, and wc de mand a recognition of Porto Rico undui tlio Constitution bf tho United States and on tho same basis with the Territories. Kighth, Thal WO endorse tho course of those Democratic Sena tors and Representatives who op posed tito imperialistic legislation enacted by the Republican Congress for thu government of Porto Rico. Ninth, That wo heartily commend and approve tho wisc and conserva tive party leadership of William Jennings I ?ryan, the ablest states man of the day, and promise bim our unejualiticd support for the l'res dency of tho United States, believ ing that ho will restore tho lost pres tige of that high ollico and execute its duties with a view solely to the good of thc people, and not ill the interest of plutocracy or according to the dictates of any foreign power. Tenth, Thal wc express our heart) sympathy with the two South Afri can Republics now lighting so val iantly for liberty against tho im mense armies of (Jreat Britain. Her unrighteous course deserves the con demnation of all lovers of scll'-gov cr?ment and WC denounce thc 0OW 11 rd icc of the present Administration for not extending an offer of it! good olliccs to terminate lite Ullhol) war of subjugation. The plat form was adopted as : whole without discussion. The Committee on Constitution and l?y-I.aws reported that they ha< carefully considered all the r?solu lions referred to them by thc Coil volition, and report unfavorably upon each of them and re.coininem that said resolutions be not adopted Thc Committee further report tin following amendment to Article VI of tho Constitution: "After th word 'necessary,' in linc 7 of sail Article, insert, provided that th County Kxeoulive Committee c any count)' shall bo at liberty t order :i primary election for Magi* I rali s or Masters or Supervisors < Registration," and recommend tba lhc same be adopted. The Com millee further rceomim nd th: Article XVI ol' the constitution b stricken out, and thal the Constittl lion, as amended in these particular! be adopted as the Constitution o thc Democratic, party of South Cai ulina. The report was adopted as whole except as to the Supervisoi of I legist t al ion, who were kept ot! of the primaries nt tho instance i Mr. McCalln. All pending rosoli lions were killed on tho unfavorab reporl, ami the whole action is give in the report ol' the committee wit the exception of culling out th Words Supervisors ol" Rogistratioi KIO NA To I! TILLMAN KNDOKSKI). Mr. (?en I ry offered thu followin resolution which was unanimousl adopted with lnil one disscnlii: voice : Resolved, That Wt' endorse ll [.ourse of the Mon. li. R. Tillman i Lhc United States Senate, and o |)Cci.'tlly the allie manner in whit lie has ox posed and condemned tl hypocritical imperialistic, policy the Republican Administration ; th ?is efforts to inc?lcale honest mel ids in public, expenditures ami I DXposuro of frauds and steals in :i mur plate contracts entitle him i Lhc thanks of the Slate and ol' tl Republic. Colonel Lawrence NV. Votima made a biller attack upon Senat Tillman's record, but tho COIlVCntk) with the excoption of his vote, pass? resolutions endorsing his policy apposing imperialism. Thc convention passed resol ut io .oudcinuiug the jule trust. (Question Answered. Yes, August Flower Still bas tho la ?si sale of ans medicine in Ibo civilis* world. inm unit hers and granilinolhi novel though) of using anything oise indigestion and biliousness. Docti ivoro scarce, mid thoy seldom beard ippemlicit is, nervous prostration in-art failure, etc They used Aug Flower to clean mit the system and si fermentation of undigested bind, roj late tho actum of Hie liver, Ht 1 HI lill Hie nervous and organic action of i system, and thal is all I hoy look wi reeling dull and bad with headaches ; i.l ber aches. Y<m only need a few do nf Creon's August Flower, in liq lorm. to make you satisfied there nothing serious the matter with y Forsale by J, ll. Darby, Druggist. ? FOR ?HE FISHES. A GOOD CHANCE FOR ASSEMBLYMEN TO IMMORTALIZE THEMSELVES. IHf BIG TO DOGS HIT ll UGH. A Very Interosling Loller-A Kind Word for j tho Readers of tho "Old Reliable." WASHINGTON, 1). C., May 15. (Delayed in transmission.)-Editors Courier : Last week we had frost up in the hills. Sunday and yesterday the mercury crawled up from 87? to D I" in thc shade. Now, let mo fish some, Messrs. Editors. When I see tho tons of shad, mullet, earp, Lass, black and white perch, herring and many other kinds of fish coming out of the river here every day, I feel had. Its a veritable smokehouse for thou sands, who would go hungry, and, when I think what we. could have in South Carolina if the laws were en forced, I want to do like Josh Hill ings mule-"kick, and kick to kill This law should bo either enforced or erased, a? it's an insult to man's intelligence. Let the cash thrown away on it go to enlarge thc asylum It's a shame to sec this outrage winked at, and the up-country cut off entirely from thc migrating va rieties that, would swarm in th Keowee, Seneca, Tugaloo, etc., each Bummer if permitted. Let some member of the Legislature immortal ize himself by starting a crusade against this fish trust that will Li ing down those wire nets and keep thou down I Congress is just Congress. Kow many line Italian hands can be seen and read between thc lines on thc Hanna side, and it's bed-d if wc do and two be d-ds if we don't do and tho other side; has found out many good things to let alone. Thc Courts jumped on the Porto Rican tariff law with both feet, and it now looks iike a draw on Con gress. While I lanna's whip-lash has lost much of its sting lhere are some who still fear its sound and crouch at its call, like the belabored hound at his master's feel. The so-called Transvaal Peace Envoy will reach here the last of this week. Then there is to be some grand "nothing" nt a down town opera house. This gives mc the thumps. Why all this tea pot tempest? Is it that the call of th Hoer drowns the death-cry of our own volunteers? Has Britain or Hoer at any time rigged us up a Moating hospital to sheller our hun dreds of sick and dying friends and fellow-men ? Lot charity begin right here at our own door (in the Philippines) toward thc; American volunteer anny, one of thc? grandest .-md most powerful righting machines the world ever saw. Why do the powers-lhat-be cut out all news com ing from there that tends to turn on the light? The souls of countless dead nullit some day answer why. Now, let me quit before I preach, but I get all stirred up ; can't, help it to save nie. Our gang is well. Will close with best wishes for Tm; Co Ult nc lt ami her readers. May tho hairs on their heads be as lumps to light their pathway. May they walk hand in hand with Dame For tune, yet never meet her oldest daughter, Miss-Fortune. .i. <j. <?. Dues your head ache? Pain back of youreyes? Bad taste in your mouth ? lt's your liver I Ayers Pills arc liver pills. They cure constip ulon, headache, dyspepsia, ami all liver complaints. 25c. All druggists. ( Wtwt ymir mouatnclio or beard M liciitlllful 1 iiriiwn ur rle li MnrkV Thon um' BUCKINGHAM'S DYEWL?B Thc moodiest Spot ol Ground on Earth. Tho bill lo establish the Fredericks* burg ami adjacent battlefields memorial park in Virginia has passed Congress. The hill has for its chief purpose tho preservation and suitable marking for historical and professional military study the famous battle fields in .spot(sylvania county, Va., known as Krederioksbiirg, Salem Church, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness and Spot tsyl vania Court House, all of them within a radius of eight miles, and on which limited terri tory thc late distinguished I nion (loue rai, John c. Newton, after careful Inves tigation, declared that more grea' bat Iles were lhere fought, moro men were, engaged and more execution was dom than Oil any other spot of similar area in the woild. OUR MOUNTAIN ORATOR. South Carolina in tho Twentieth Century. A Rosoato View. Wu HTS TON ic, Oconeo County, S. C., May 21.-Editora Courier: Tho twentieth century lias dawned. GeneratiotiR have passed away ; em pires and kingdoms have fallen ; but Western Carolina, as she climbs to tho toj) of tho ladder of fame, will never fall. South Carolina, with lier fresh air and pure water, bids fair to become what Greece was in the glory of her day. It is the most healthful place on earth. The soil is fertile and productive. What can be produced in any section of thc earth can bo produced herc. ({reece nor Koine have ever com pared in grandeur and beauty with this noble Carolina. Switzerland may have her Alps ; Australia may have her gardens of Howers ; tho Pacilie may glory in her Sierra Nevada and Colorado in her Cas cade ranges, but none arc to bo com pared with our Carolina. South Carolina, as she views tho wrecks of ages, and of fallen em pires, regards it as a scintillation hardly worth remembering. None but tho Almighty can reveal to us what this century has in store for us. The minds and intellect of tho boys and girls of t li is mountain sec tion arc as great as was Alexander's, Napoleon's or Demosthenes', or that of any great man of any age. Our country is on tho road to suc cess and let us push it onward and upward until it reaches thc top most limit. Wc cannot realize how m nob good will bc done in this cen tury and bow fast South Carolina will risc to prominence. There is room at thc top for us. T. H. H. Farmers' Institutes. President Han zog announces that Farmers' Institutes will bo held in a limited number of counties this year for tho instruction of thc people in rho various branches of agricultural science. Tho course of lectures will bo arranged Lo present to those in attendance tho results of tho most recent investigations in thc theoretical and practical agricul ture, ami as far as possible to make tho subjects discussed meet tho special needs of tho locality where tho instituto is hehi. All expenses of the meeting will bo met by tito college. Tho community in which the institute! is held is expoctod to provide a suitable place for tho speak ing, to advertise the meeting and to ar range the minor details. His desirable that, local speakers assist 111 the exorcises of tho institute by discussing subjects in which they are most, interested, or in which they have had successful ex perience. lt may not bo practical always to hold Ibo institute on tho dny desired by tho L'ommunity, as dilVcrcnt places some limes ask for the same date. Tho final selection of the date must, therefore, bo left to the college authorities, but tho wishes of tho community will bo ob served as far as practicable. The institutes will begin about the L'Utb of .lune and applications should be sent in at once, specify thc time and the pince, and thc names of thc gentle men who arc willing to serve on tho local committee Tie' K.,!,j....K. discussed a* the insti tutes should he adapted to local condi tions. Wo, therefore, ask those inter ested to designate the subjects that aro believed to bo of thc greatest interest to Ibo locality. Among tho subjects that Ibo members of the instituto arc pro paved to discuss may be mentioned: Improvement of soils, grasses and legumes, horticulture, plant diseases, botany, entomology, insects and Insecti cides, methods of spraying, dairying, Animal husbandry, farm manures, veter inary science, fertilizers, chemistry of soils, truck fanning, drinking waters, road improvement, industrial education. About the middle of August an insti ll! te, lasting one week will he. held at Clemson 'Joliego. The exact dale ami irrangomonts tor the hoard and lodging will be announced later. Wo have one llUtldred new lents and parties desiring lo camp ou t he grounds will be furnished tents free. Distinguished lecturers from abroad have been invited to assist n the sntnmer instituto, and every effort will bc exerted to make the occasion a doasnnt and profitable one. Thc Southern Baptist Convention lt Hot Springs is reported to have been electrified on Monday by tho eloquence of Charles S. Morris, a colored preacher who appealed to he convention in behalf of tho mis MOI18 in Africa. Thc newspapers jay thc delegates were so much OX* sited that they thronged about thc datform and threw wads of money it tho preacher's foot despite his drong protests. Baptist preachers is fl rule are not easily carried off ,hoir foot and Southern Baptists are lol usually easily impressed by a icgro. Remembering these facts, iVO must conce de that this man must ?on very remarkable orator. Iii; lad to overcome the criticism of cx icris in oratory and a strong race iirejudice, and his effort may bo re garded as a wonderful one. "As I Am a Orphan." (tOV. Mcsweeney hat received a long otter from a married woman in [?roon* iVOOd county, detailing all ber tro iblos. she says she recently left her husband because of bis cruelty to her. Then sbo iOliCllldes with au appeal to the. governor to grant her tho privilcdgo of marrying \gain "as i am a orphan.