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I THE PEOPLE'S Contributions From ? AN ENGLISHMAN OM IMMIGRATION Iii? View* on (be M. tim.IN That Huit Bc Employed to Urtu* limul graut? to South Ctirollun. To the Editor of The State: I have been much Interested In read ing reports In the newspapers express- | lng public opinion on the question of I Introducing Into the State or SoMh] Carolina a class of European Immi grants-farmers, who in some respects are less ambitious than American farmers-n class of people who will be content with small farms, say 20, 30 or 50 acres of ground. I am told that the south has enough even now? of common laborer?, and that the fleed ls simply those who will enter the State and buy up the huge tracts of lands and convert them Into small farms. The peasantry of France have simsll farms which they till with artistic skill and reap excellent harvests for their Industry. They are a thrifty people, save their money and nt times of great financial depression have sav .d the government from impending bankruptcy. ThoBe French peasants live In rural villages and go dally to their little farms, which may be dis tant from one to three miles from the domestic roof. Under prevailing cir cumstances lt would hardly be prac ticable to Introduce such a system In this country, lt would be better to follow out the American method, a farm for each farmer of say 50 to 100 acres with the dwelling in which the family lt to abide on the farm. But how will the better class of European Immigrants be attracted to the south? lt must not be forgotten that the farmers and Immigrants from Europe have been attracted in vust numhers to the great northwest, where millions of acres are yet unoccupied; that western Canada ls attracting set tlers by furnishing free farms and homes for all ?vho will come. By rail road companies and local communities thousands of dollars aro being ex pended to get these settlers on those hinds. Now. the south has no free homesteads, but every one who enters j the State and secures a farm must pay for lt. The western people reckon every healthy, laboring mon who makes a permanent home in n com munity to be worth to the place n sum not less than $2.000. That is. if 100 able-bodied, industrious and enter prising men should settle in a farming community, they add to the perman ent wealth of the locality $200.000. ? should say such an estimate is very conservative for there may be among j the 100 half a dozen men who alone would add more than twice that sum i to the taxable wealth of that com munity. But how shall the immigrants be obtained? One man having a thousand or more acres for sale cannot afford to i cqufp and maintain an Immigration real estate office for the purpose of Unding purchasers for bis lands. A town, county, Immigration association and the State, acting In conjunction with railroad companies, may adver tise "tho agricultural, commercial andi manufacturing advantages through newspapers, circulars, folders, etc.. and ! distribute them through the mails all I over tlie land, .'hey will do some good and In time '?..ill bring some people. But that is not all which ls needed, j t remember once spending a week on a ! cotton plantation a short distance out from ya ZOO City, Miss. The planter I was a native Alabamian, ?ie had n beautiful place of many thousands of I acres and one of the tlnest In the Slate. ! Orre morning his good lady said they 1 must send to a distant orchard for fruit and to a garden for vegetables for the table. t said to my friend. "Wliy is this? Why do you not on yonder rising ground plant your orch ard and Cultivate your garden vege tables; have your meadows for Kay and your own corn Heids? By pro ducing these necessary supplies at home you will save money." He re plied, "I only make cotton. If you want to kindle a fire witli tho sun's rays, use the sun-glass to concentrate all the rays of the sun at one Spot and it will scorch it." ? would apply this process of ana logical reasoning to secure people to become permanent residents of the State of South Carolina. I think il would be unwise to waste money in initiating a plan ik work and then suffer it to languish for want of sup port. An agricultural commissioner With a secretary to benin the business is only a first step. The department must lie amply supported. This work ls nor only to gd Immigrants, tau ?hey must gel them. They must go where these people ire to be found and must select just such families as will be most suitable. You don't want all Unit come out of a ship. You want them selected. Of course your com missioner will have his principal o fl leo in the capital of tho State, but ho must have an office in the city of Kow York. No matter what tin? cost may he, oven $100,000 in this work will bo a profitable investment. When you gel 5,000 or 10,000 of these people into your State and they are content, they v.iii advertise the advantages of the State all over Kurope without cost. Ibu the expense at the start, must be borne by the State. Tho newspapers of (hs State, publishing gratuitously communications like iii in and others descriptive ot" the country, are doing then- part most liberally, livery lo cality and every individual should do a part. As the Alabamian said, "focus thc sun's rays." Ow ners of I ivgo trac ts ol land, some improved and sonni not Improved, want, to sell so as to bo getting an income. Tiny are getting nothing now. Tiny better sell these lands to tho Immigrants, if they be of the rlnht kind, even With a very small payment down and in small yearly payments and at a low rate id' interest. it win talo; pretty much all th.- ready money the immigrant has to get ii st.nt with implements and stock for his little farm and lo hov needful supplies until be ian grow and market a crop. Hence he will need the advice, sympathy, and often forbearance <>i" those with whom he deals. With a fair chane) he will be able in a few years to pay for ali. But tin- Intelligence, the kindness, and generosity of south ern communities need no suggestion in this regard. The State of South Carolins is broad enough In area and ampio enough in resources, yoi unde veloped, lo afford homes of Wealth and abundance for 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 of tin industrious and enterprising people. Will this gem-ration, tho present pop ulation of the Stale, seize the oppor tunities afforded of Increasing their individual wealth and adding revenue to theil native commonwealth? South Carolina ls worthy of ino greatest efforts Of her people. I read in nil encyclopedia spread ont before mo (hut "tho soil is highly productive, yielding Blich Staples ?is colton, indino, rice, tobacco, HUgUI', ten', the c leals, hemp, Pax, hops, und many varieties or fruits .-md VOgCtnblCSi ami oil* Joys a climatic temperatura cones ponding With that of Haly and the KOUtll o| Prance, The mineral r? sonnes or this state are considerable, comprising gold, iron. lead, copper, manganese, coal, bismuth, plumbago, soapstone, limestone, graulte, china EDITORIALS. The State's Readers. clays, etc.. otc." The heart of man can ask. for nothing more. Then recall the famous men whom the State has produced. Their very names are an Inspire tion and awaken tho noblest aspirations of manhood. In the roster of South Carolina's er In cut sons In a past generation, I note high in the list of immortal ones Mon. John Caldwell Calhoun, an Incompar able statesmun, scholar and philoso pher; Henry Laurens, honored above most men, un accomplished diplomatist and the friend of Washington ; then J there was Cen. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States; another honored name, on advocate and Jurist of great renown, likewise statesman, scholar, diplomatist, Hugh Swinton Legare; the Hon. Francis W. Picketts and the Hon. William Aiken, of the early governors of the State, I mention with tuc highest regard the names of dov. Itobert Young Hayne, the moat accomplished orator the State ever produced, a match in for ensic debate of the great Massachu setts Demosthenes, Daniel Webster. And moy I mention the names of Gc. i.ns Wade Hampton, the older and the younger, both effulgent stars ht the diadem of the commonwealth. These ure but a few names to conjure by. Such a galaxy of honored ones casts a halo of glory not only over their native State and their own times, but they belong to till time and to the universal brotherhood of man. Strug gling men in this generation may look to those great ones and gather strength In their efforts to accomplish worthy undertakings-Imitating such noble lives. Frederick A. Snlaman. Rooms 1305-6, Vincent Building, New York City. THU RUSSIAN IN IIISTOIIV. Why Ann i li nn Sympathy Should 1,1c With Japan lu fri- .i nt Conlllvt To the Editor of Thc State: lt ls difficult to understand how any one who is ot all acquainted with Eu ropean history, especially the part of lt that relates to Busala, can sympathise with that country lu its struggle with Japan; for viewed from any stand point, except that of brute force, Japan ls by far the more highly civilized na tion of the two. From ita very first contact with civilization Japan has made a progress that la almost mar velous, while Russia has remained practically barbarous deaplte the fact that aho has been in intimate associa tion with the clvllzlng influences of the other countries of Europe Tho truth of the matter la that Rus sia hus a pretty black record behind her, a record of tyranny, oppression and duplicity that almost surpasses be lief, lt is easily within the memory of people now living when lt waa a not uncommon occurrence; for ladles of the Polish nobility to be stripped to the waist and whipped in public by offl clals of thc Russian government. When Sweden was practically forced to cede Finland to Russia, the hitter country pledged itself that lt would not inter fere with the language or local gov ernment of the people. This promise has been most shamefully violated, and the virtuous, enlightened and patriotic Finns have been BUbjCCted to almost every indignity that Russian Ingenuity could devise. Hut thc darkest blot on Russia's record is found in Siberia. Countless thousands of ita own citi zens and from its provinces like Poland and /''inland have been consigned, for no offense whatever, tit least nothing that would be considered auch in a civ ilized country, to a living death in the mines of Siberia, without th" slightest hope of relief except by death, held as they are; by the iron hand of a despot ism that would have hardly been ex cusable in the- dark ages. There is some thing almost farcical in thc attitude that Russia assumes as the champion e?f civilization and Chris tianity, for she- stands in sore need of civilization herself and. in act Ol hast, is a stranger to the precepts of Chris tianity. What was the- conduct of the [ Russian troops during tho re-cent trou ble In China? Looting by wholesale I and the; murder of thousands of help less und Inoffensive Chinese, driving I thom into u eleen river Just as if they 1 were wild beasts. While the Russians were acting like savages, the Japanese troops maintained their splendid dis cipline, ami returned to their own country with clean hands and with out a singh- bled upon their record. But putting all oilier questions aside-, Rus sia is the aggressor nmi this being the case deserves to lose. Japan clearly sees that the time baa come- when she must make; a supreme effort for na tional existence and she- can be counted on to struggle lo the bitter end. Rus sia has no ne-e-d e?f adelit ional territory while Japan, witlt its dense population slam's in sena; need of an extension of ita land area. it ls very easy te> make? rtomparisons, but the present struggle is being waged undor conditions thal haye nover here tofore existed. In the South African war England haei to transport troops and munitions of war 6,000 miles, but there waa not a hostile vessel lo Inter foro with her transporta. Il will be im possible for Russia to send a singlo man or gun by wnter and her sole de pendence is on one single line- of rall road. nnd this is n very long one. l-'.x periencc has demonstrated that a sin gle Une, eve n for a comparatively abort distance, is not adequate for tho trans port/iii-i of large bodies of troops. Germany has probably about eight sep arate lines leading to the Rhine and about Hu- same number in the- direc tion of the frontier, feeing Russia, in 'case of hostilities breaking mit between Franco and Germany tlmy would eneh have a million men on the frontlor In less Hine than it would lake Russia t<i pul one-tenth thal number in Man churia, t?nicas something ni Uroly un expected happens 't?sala ill be con fronted with very much the .same con ditions thal prevailed during thc t'rl ine-an war. Sin- bael plenty of troops and resources but could not, owing to the lack of transporta Hon facilities, gel them to the front quick enough. This hoing the case, baffled but not crushed, she; had to accept tho terms offered by Fran? e und longland. Japan cannot, ; ed" l oui se-, CXhaUSt tho resources (il i Russia but stands a good chance- 0( exhausting all the resources that Rus I sin can make available-. To call ibis war a Struggle between Christianity and heathenism is thc j vorlest nonsense-. Russin today ia more la ballier lo Hu"- propagation of Chris . tinnily Ihnrt is Japan, for a nation. Jus' IOS it with All individual, that professes Ito be Christian and Who, al the same1 time does Hu- greatest vlolenco to the teachings Of Hu- Master, is a greater enemy to Christianity than an avowed disbeliever. If lt could be accomplished I without bloodshed the partition of the ; Russian empire would be n Ireinendouv gain for tho cause or civilization, foi then the Russian pcoplo, steeped in idcnse ignorance and ground beneath tho heel of an iron despotism, would breathe tho air <>f freedom uno happi ness and i? given thc opportunity lo I emerge from II position thal is bul Hi llie superior to that of Hu: beauts of ! Hu- IC M. The people of Ile- SOU*ll al b aal Otlglll to hold In everlasting i (membrance Hu ?fail that while they we\ro engaged in their great struggle for Independence 1 RUSSlO used lur InflUOIlCO to thc uttermost to proven! the recog nition, by Hu; other COUTltrlOfl (d' Ku luin; of lin- Confederate Otales. Thli vas but in keeping with he? natiunul policy for oppression and against lib erty. Tho people, however, who have the gi ?.a test cause to exocrato the very name of Russia are the Jew?, that ii lt they care anything for the honor ot tho women of their race. W. D. Woods. Darlington, Feb. 20. LOCAL OPTION VS. THIS DISl'HNSAHY Soute QucHtlona Concerning ?lie ls? ll Fruit* of Latter Syittent. 1 To the Editor of The State: Allow me to submit a few pertinent questions to your readers and the re tiring general assembly: 1. ls it tight and does lt show a 'democratic citizenship, not to say u spirit of justice on the part of our lawmakers, not to allow a freu (?) peo ple to vote the whiskey evil from their midst, when lu fact In many Instances the people did not vote or petition Its establishment? SJ. Is lt not an apparent fact that the whiskey element-ring if you choose-lo getting a firmer and deeper hold on our State Institutions and using lt for po litical ends to the extent that ere long lt will dominate church, society, busi ness, morals, politics and every Insti tution tn the land and throw around them the mantle of corruption that ls sure to lower us In the scale of state hood? 3. Are the ministers of God's holy writ doing their duty by their passive ness In accepting prevailing conditions instead of inveighing against them on all occasions? 4. ?an any man, be he friend or foe of the system, in truth lay his hand upon his heart and tn presence of his God say he does not know that the dispensary as lt ls managed ls a de moralizing agent to every legitimate business or institution In the State; de basing its manhood, making drunkards of its youth, yea, of its children even? Doing this, does it not bring woe and misery, suffering ami hardships untold to a helpless and innocent class-the women and children? f>. Is it for political and sinister gain that our wise men-masters, not ser vants-can shut their eyes to glaring facts and refuse to trust those whose suffrage placed them In their exalted position, and force them to be un willing partlceps criminls to the tra die? tl. Does the revenue ?'erived offset the evil lt prenerates? Has it mate rially contributed to the Stated finances, or reduced taxation? Is lt not one of the potent factors calling for more judicial circuits to relieve the congested dockets of those in exist ence? Is it right to apply any por tion of the revenue (blood money) to the education of our children? Has it not created a stronger ring than that the great (?) Tillman claims to have overthrown a decade of more ago? Is it not a little strange that, in the ?light of after events, the palmetto tree was banished from the wlskey flask? Justice. St. George, Feb. 17, 1904. Iletthiic on Cock lluliis. To the Editor of The State: In several sections of our fair com monwealth the practice of cock fight ing is indulged in and ordinarily the usual accompaniment of betting pre vails on such occasions. As a lover of my fellowmen and seeking always their highest welfare, 1 concluded lt might prove helpful if the general assembly enact a law forbid ding the custom, and accordingly I wrote ono of the representatives about lt. He replied that a bill was intro duced lust session which would have given entire relief from this evil, but sports in tho senate killed it, though passed to its third reading. Ho adds that the senate has nt the present ses sion been polled touching tho matter and that it cannot be passed. Disappointed in securing help from that quarter, I wished to secure advice of some wise, good niau as to the best way of getting the matter on the con science of Individuals who indulge in the baneful pastime. A letter from Dr. Janies H. Carlisle of Wofford college contains information I beg to share With your .-enders. He says: "Tho great subject of cruel tv to an imals Is now attracting more attention than before. lt is VCI'V important. This is one starting point. To take the beautiful, spirited bird, and make him kill or bi- /killed, lo excite und amuse some coarse, hardened men, and to decide where some piles of money must gu-this is sad! But tender ap peals are not felt where tht\ro is no tenderness: still, these appeals, wisely urged, may in the end make some Im pression. A lift np religiously, of course, will generally settle many of these questions that cannot be met on a low plane." Now, Mr. Killi or. let me ask the i kind aid of your own skilled pen in encouraging tin- introduction ami pass age of a bill affording relief in some degree. Hut the enactment of a law forbidding the sport is only nai l of our dmy: we must have an increasingly strong sentiment current, such as will be possible alone by Intelligent agita tion of the subject. Yours very truly. < ?lvis. Piedmont, 8. C. THIS CHAllLKSTON HU DU GT. Damage Stills Against tho Consolidated Hallway Company. Special to Tho State. Charleston. Feb. 20. -A number of damage suits were tiled today in the COUt't ol' common pleas against th?; Consolidated Hallway connia ny. Thou. Smith wants $5,000 damages for having been ejected from a car and forced to walk two miles lo tin- detriment of his health. The same sum is wanted by i Health Detective Nipson, whose buggy ; was run into by a car. Frank Noth don is suing for $6,000 because he was run into whllfl riding his bicycle and former Conductor Hooves Ford, who was hurt in a collision between two cars, asks for $5,000 actual damages 'ami $5,000 punitive damages. Isaac I Coughloy has entered suit against tho ! American IJIpe company fur $1,075 for I injuries susi; ied in diggina a t l ench. T'ho approach' ; tenn of the court ot L common pleas w in bo noted tor tho I number of like suits which ha\e been I filed. The laying off of a number of field men at Un- navy .vant has, caused some i disappointment and no little dis quietude, but it is said that the- laying off ol' these men furnishes the only foundation for the rumors of a general ; suspension of work, No statement could be gotten from the local officials of the navy yard 111 regard to the rumor thal j the secretary of the navy lind ordered the Unexpended balance to be turn? d ! into th" treasure. lt wa? said at th? navy yard that the men were only laid off because they were much ahead ? in their work and the rules of the de , partinenl are against keeping men on tin- payroll who are not actually ut ; work. Advices received here stale that the , course of the dispatch boat Mayflower may be changed, and in this event Ad miral Dewey and staff will not visit charleston on their way to join tho North Atlantic (b et tor thc manoeuvres ! in t he ? .nribbeau sea. i The temperature tumbled early (his ! morning lo a reading ol' :i!i degrees, a j tall of al degrees from the maximum rending of yesterday. Tho wind was ! I high, reai bing a velocity ol' ::t; miles ; from Hie northeast at I o'clock today . Orators Selected. S|.id lo The Stale. Ninety-Six, Fob. VM. - Al the closing i of III-- Ninety-Six high HCllOOl, lo be i held .lune j.-,', |<e\. s. II. '/A nuiiormu n 1 of Newberry will preach tin- annual sermon, ami Hon. Charles F. McKen soii of Morgan iou, N. c., win tlellvei i ?.b'. annual addi CMS. DAILY PEN SKETCHES OF. CAROLINA LIFE. What People of the Middle and Pee Deo Country Are Doing. TIO FIBES 0GCUR~AT DENMARK Tho Hnllronrt Signal St'.tlou Hurtled. Other New? from the Town Where Itnllroud? Cross. - ' ?f Special to The Stute. Denmark, Feb. 20.-The telegraph ot* lice at tho Junction of thc Atlantic CottBt Line and Southern railroads, In this place, was destroyed by fire this morning at 7:30 o'clock. The structure was a two-story wooden building, gen erally known as the tower. All trains j over the two roads were slgnuiled from this office and could pajjs only wben the tracks were thrown open by the operator In the towor. The iii- sturted In thu ceiling and owing to the fact that there is no water licar, could not be extinguished. The trains were ' deluyed only for a few minutes, and will stop r*t that point us they do at other Junctions. Another fire ntarin was given yester day at ubout noon. In some way a curtained closet in the residence of Mr. Puller caught on fire. The room was closed at tho time und became Ulled with smoke, causing every one to think that the house would neces sarily burn. However, the lire was soon put out, there being considerable loss from rembvnl of furniture and damage to tho house by water. AT DEHC1I ISLAND. A Dcliifhtfu! Kntertnlnmeiit for the ltenrnt nf thc School. Special to Tile State. Beech Island. Feb. 21.-On Inst Satur day night all the good people of Beech Island were assembled nt the Downer hull lo obtain some of the pleasures of a delightful Valentine party, given hy MISS Helen Brice, for the benefit of the Downer library. By the little sock arrangement und the serving of re freshments the neat sum of $25 was raised. With this, and our pro rata share from the State the management hopes to make some valuable addition to the already well equipped library. There has been some discussion about establishing un agricultural experi ment .station in each county. If this ls done we see no reason why the Downer institute should not be the central station for Aiken county. We aie well equipped here, the school owns enough land to start an excellent ox pi rlmental station. We are Interested in this and trust that our board of trustees win pull tor lt. On last Monday night Mrs. James Hammond gave a delightful pit party in honor of her sister. Miss Nita Black of Atlanta. Among those in attend ance were: Misses Helen Brice, Geor gia Galphin, Helen Davies, Harriet Davies. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fair, Mr. and Mrs. Seth DuPuls, Messrs. It. B. and W. B. Dunbar. Henry Lake, M. E. Brookman and Dr. P. H. Eve. Mrs. Ed, Atkinson gave a delightful oyster .supper last Tuesday night in honor of her cousin, Miss Belle Balley of Ellenton. Miss Helen Brice has gone to her home in Blackstock for a short visit. DEATHS IN UDUICFIHI.D. Popular v omi uv Physician.'* wife-A Child ( hoked to Death. Special to Tim State. Edgd?cld, Feb. 21.-.News has just been received here of the death at McCormick of Mrs. Fuller, the youthful wife of Dr. H. M. Puller, a lady well known and much beloved, a daughter of Mr. Edgar S. Reynolds of Long m i re's and a sister of Mrs. A. E. Pad gett of this town. Dr. Fuller is also a young man of Longmirc's, but moved to McCormick six or eight months ago as a wider tichi for ids profession. Tho untimely death of this popular young woman will hiing deep sorrow to a very wide cinhi of relatives and friends. She will he buried nt old Bethany church, near Longmire's, tomorrow. A md her sad death in our section and very sudden was that of a little 2-year old son of Mr. and Mis. Tandy i'ul brcnth of Rehoboth. This child was by some terrible mishap choked to death. L. W. C. Pleasant HUI Noten. Special to The State. Pleasant Bill. Feb. 20.-Mr. Toni Peach, a resident of the Russell place. I died yesterday of pneumonia after a -sholl Illness. On (he 18th thc Kev. S. N. Wi lson performed 'he ceremony uniting Mr. Lewis Cole and Miss Alice Beckham, daughter ot' Mr. and Mrs. Cleo. W. Beckham. Mr. Edmund Tiller and wife of Til ler's Perry are visiting Mrs. Tiller's brother at this place. Mr. W. A. Beckham and wife of Kershaw an- here on a visit to Mr. Beckham's brothel*, Mr. M. L, Beck ham, ol' lids place. Owing to tho very cold and rough weather very little farm work has been done as yet. It ls ^generally talked thal there will be no increase in thc cotton acreage. As a matter of fact the fanners cannot afford to do it, for the presumption is that labor is going to bc scarce. Hopkins Happenings. Special to The State. Hopkins. Feb.. 20.-After several days of oxcesslvo <'<dd the weather ls more favorable and tann work ls pro gressing, nats arc small, owing to the bad weather. County Superintendent of Education E. B. Wallace was in town Thursday ; on a tour of inspection of tho country , schools. Invitations have been issued by the primary department of the Hopkins graded school to Washington birthday exorcises. Thc invitations are In the Shape of a small hatchet decorated with cherries. This department ls un der the very officient management of Mrs. Whitlock. There have been s?v irai additions to the school, which is in a nourishing condition. Mrs. Brandenburg!) is much Improv ed, aller her recent severe Illness. Pinewood'* ltmids. Special to Thc State. Pinewood, Keb. 20.-Tito public roads lu ibis vicinity am being repaired by the county chulngang, which is well equipped with proper implements for Hie work. Their advent has been hailed with delight, as places on the different roads leading Into town were almost impassable, and could never have been Oftcotlvoly worked by the j public. Mr. lt. H. Johnson, a farmer living near herc, was married on Thursday evening lo Miss Norvollo Stokes, of Paxvlllo. The Kev. Mr. Huggins offi ciated. Tlc continued severo winter has re ta rd ed fanning operations and for the same cause thc ?mall grain crop is very backward. The weather bureau in its foiocusl ; Issued Saturday had thia ominous pre diction for yesterday: "Ruin!" And tho prediction ^as verified from ii a. 1 m. until 0 p. m. without a break? THE HILL COUNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Events of Greatest Interest in the Busy Piedmont Section. FEDERATION OP WOMEN'S CLUBS The Stale Executive Committee Meet? lu Norberry--Delegates to thc Nu I lon rd Cintherlns; lu St. I.OUIM. Special to The State. Newberry. Feb. 21.-Thc State execu tive committee of the Federation of Women's Clubs of South Carolina met here Thursday night ut the residence of Mrs. lt. D. Wright for the purpose of arranging u. programme for the State federation, which will convene here on Tuesday, June 14th. The meetings will be held In thc auditorium of the new building of Newberry col lege. On Tuesday night the meeting will be opened with an Informal re ception. Wednesday hight will bo given over to the arl, music and civic committees. Thursday night the crown ing event of the session will be a very large and elegant reception. 'Die following delegates were ap pointed to represent South Carolina In the National Federation of Women's clubs, which will convene in St. Louis, Mo., in May: Mrs. Julius Visanska of Charleston: M IHM Blanche Jones of Co lumbia: Mrs. M. F. Ansell of Green ville; Mrs. Joseph Itoddey of Rock Hill abd Mrs. Li. T. NlcholB of Chester. Mrs. Janies Orr Patterson of Greenville, president of the State federation, ls a delegate by virtue of her office, The alternates arc: Miss Helen Mower. Newberry; Mrs. L. M. Cole man, Charleston; Mir. A. Robertson, Columbia; Mrs. Ira R. Jones, Lancas ter; Mrs. J. It. Vandlver, Anderson; Mrs. S. L. McLaughlin, Spnrtanburg. Four new clubs were federated. They were the Fortnightly club of Newberry, Rotary Rook club of Greenville, the Old Homestead of Darlington, the Alumnae association of Mrs. Smith's school, Charleston. After the business of the committee had been disposed of Mrs. R. D. Wright gave a delightful reception in honor of the visitors. At a joint meeting of the federated clubs of the town, Mrs. S. B. Jones, president of Woman's club: Miss Ber nice Martin, chairman of Bachelor Maids; Mrs. I* W. Floyd, president of Fortnightly club, wore made a gen eral committee to arrange for thc; en tertainment of the State federation. Mesdames T. C. Pool. W. ll. Hunt. O. B. Muyer, C. I). Weeks. A. T. Brown. Misses Faunie McCaughrin. Lalla Mar tin. Cora Dominick, Nina Carlisle, Helen Mower, were appointed chair men of the Hub-eonnnlttees. Their committees will be appointed nearer the time for the meeting. INTERSTATE Y. ?VC. A, GATHERING Thor*1 Aro . Two Hundred Delegate* In AttcttdltUCC lit .Spartan loir;-.-lind Weather Preval?a, Special to The State. Spartanburg, Feb. 21.-There are 200 delegates attending the interstate Y. M. C. A, North and South Carolina are well represented by an earnest, active body of workers, young men who are directing their efforts to the advance ment of moral and religious thought and life. Today's weather has be*m the very worst of a season of une.' .blO mid winter time. The sleet fell Hist, and the ground was frozen over In a slip pery condition; an ley rain succeeded. 1 Despite this Inclemency, large congre gations were at the several leading Protestant church this morning to hear i Instructive and helpful addresses from the prominent workers of the Y. M. C. A. In at?ndame on the meetings, A mass-meeting for men was held this afternoon at the opera house. ?'. C. Mlchoner was the speaker of the occasion. He ls from New York and a leader in V. M. C. A. work. He made a strong address, emphasizing the adherence to Christianity along all lines ot business, and asserted that ; the man with the right kind o' charac ter has a decided adventure over otil ?is. Gambling, drinking and Impur 1 it y wen; touched upon and in an earn est, effective manner Mr. Mlchoner dis coursed for an hour or moro to one of ' the largest male audiences ever as Sempled in tho opera house. As a re sult fully 800 Christians expressed their intention of leading better lives, and i 160 "sinners" signified that they wished thc prayers of the Christian people. In lu brief meeting, held after the address, lat least ;:,*> of lite latter professed COU I version. Dr. Van Dyke, tho lecturer, addressed I thc convention at Converse college this I evening. 1*. H. F. THE NEAR EASTERN TROUBLE Iliilgurlii Trying lo Keep Out of n Fight, Aecordlug lo Tlitdr Agent lu Purls, Par?s, Feb. 21,-M. Kolollovlts, tho Bulgarian agent in Paris, made tho following slaloment today: "I can give the formal assurance that Bulgaria bas more than ever re solved lo do nothing to compromise the peace. lt is with great satisfac tion thai we have seen thu powers elab orate a pian for reforms i.'. Macedonia and we wish, without reservation, Ibu rbforms realized, Above ?ill, with this moment when the powers are follow ing with anxiety the events In the far east, Bulgaria will avoid doing any thing thal would cause tho belief that she proposes lo profit by tho crisis, Tho Bulgarian people have unanimously expressed warm sympathy with Rus sia. "It is unfortunate that Turkey per sists in her regrettable hostility. Be* sides the annoying police measures she lias taken against our people our com merce suffers serious obstacles; and finally, tho continued concentration ot Turkish troops along our frontier ami tho mobilization of tro?ps at strategic points is menacing us." M. Kolollovitx saiil there ls a War party in Constantinople which has a preponderating Influence and quotod from consular reports to the effect that the Turks fear a military uprising if war With Bulgaria ls not declared. "In the light i>f these facts." M. SSolollovltch concluded, "it is natural that Bulgaria, loo, should bc prepar ing." I : if Senator lilli'* Widow Dead. Washington, Fob. 21.- -Mrs. Hill, the widow or the late Senator Ben ll. Hill Of Georgia, who has been ill here for some time, died herc today at the res idence of her daughter, Mrs. ll. li. Thompson, III the Tilth your of her age. At her bedside when the end came also Were her daughter ami two sons, Ben ll. Hill and C. I). Hill. Accompanied by them the remains were taken to Al lanta, where thO funeral SOrvlcOH will bo held on Wednesday af 11:30 u. m.. in Si. Mark a M< llunlhit Episcopal church. ?t. Ungela'* JKadtmy. Special to The State. Aiken, Feb. 20.-Thine annual enter tainment of St. Angela's academy came oft on Friday afternoon and evening before a lurge and appreciative audi ence. That the numbers were varied, hlgh clussed and superbly rendered Is as sented to by ull who wore present. Es pecially ls this pruise well founded and nattering In view of the fact that in the brief life of the academy there have been no pupils as yet beyond the third term in music, declamation and voice culture; indeed, the great ma jority are first and second term pu pils. Thes olos and choruses were ex cellent, as the most fastidious could expect under the circumstances. Thc boys und glrlsclasscs made their (hst bow to the public in pleuBlng chorus. Before many years they will figure successfully In person as they did last Friday evening "in gobs." For brevity sake, the special points of excellency of individual pupils, or numbers, cannot be emphasized in der tall. It ls but fuir to point out In pass ing, however, the elocutionary profici ency displayed in teh scene from Schiller's "Mary Stuart;" tho beauty of thc arias and recitations in Longfel low's "Wick of thc Hesperus;" the control of voice und breath in the "An gel's Serenade," "Grass and Roses," and the selected Terzette; then the general excellence of the instrumental numbers. St. Angela's ls rapidly becoming a stronghold of Intellectual power among thO youths of this ectlon. Judging from the splendid exhibition of Inst Friday it ls safe to assume that, UB thc work progresses, the patrons and friends of the school will bo welcomed again to still a better programme and a more excellent rendlttlon. A Kntnl Wreck. Kankake, Ul., Feb. 21.-James Mar tin of Kankake, 111., was killed, and five other passengers were injured in a wreck of a Knights of Columbus spe cial truln today on the Kankake and Seneca railway near Wauponset, due to a spreading of a frog. One passenger coach containing 25 people turned com pletely. Marlin was hurled through a window. The special was en route to Morris, where thc Knights of Colum bus were to participate In an Installa tion. A tiovcrumout Victory. San Domingo. Feb. 21.-Yesterday a French merchant steamer entered the river, convoyed by a launch from tho United States cruiser Columbia. The rebels abtsalned from Bring on the vessel. This morning the government troops attacked the rebels outside the city and severe firing ensued, lasting many hours. The rebels were rfoced to re tire, leaving many killed and wounded on the field. The action resulted In a complete victory for the government and the siege of the city Is considered to have been raised. s o .< i> ic ion s ClreiiitiNtnueeM. New York, Feb. 21.-Following the death late tonight of Mrs. Florence Myers. 46 years old, from morphine poisoning at a boarding-house in West Forty-sixth street, the woman's hus band and a c olored nui se were arrested. They are sahl to have administered morphine tablets to Mrs. Myers. This they admit, according to the police, but allege that the woman was addicted to the use of morphine. The husband ls Col. Fiederlck Myrrs, a veteran of the Civil war 71 years old, this being his birthday. The dead woman ls said to have been Col. Myers' fifth wife. "PISGAH FORBST" RHSBRVB. "~ A Vant l'rlntlnl l\ 'Uri ?Vow nn Adjunct to Illltuiorc ICNtntc. Charlotte Observer. Haleigh, Feb. C.-No greater Interest has ever been felt In any hunting pre serve In the south than in thc magnifi cent one of George W. Vanderbilt, which is know as "Pisgah Forest," and 1 Which embraces a large section of the county of Transylvania, In one of tho most exquisite sections of all the noble mountain country of which "Western North Carolina affords. It ls certain that this park or preserve has had nundi to do with the now great move ment for the national part to be known as the Appalachian Forest Reserve. This originated in Vanderbilt's two great developing ideas, shown Iii at In his Blltiihore estate ami next in lils Pisgah Forest. The latter is a true forest, Mr. Vanderbilt having been so fortunato ns to discover a place where nature hud been almost unmolested ex cept by occasional lires, and then to secure this and gently aid her in work ing her own sweet win. Everybody knows about Killmore, and its ( bateau, the lines! private residence in ali Amer ica, but few know anything about Pis gah Purest, and KO this will be a story about the latter, tho writer having spent a fortnight there in the most de lightful manner in tho world. Pisgah Forest ts about 15 miles long and embraces something over 10".eon acres, lt takes its name from Its domi nating peak Mount Pisgah, the most perfect mountain amid the hundred of mountain? in Western North Caro lina, being a true cone, a landmark amid all the peaks ie. the vast, irregu lar and lofty plateau botwooou the niue Rridgo and the great Smoky Mountains. There are various way of Kening Into Pisgah Forest; one by Asheville and Blltmoro and by a very ; tine road constructed by Mr. Vander bilt to Pisgah Lodge; the other by way , of Henderson vi ile and Davidson's riv er, up a rather steep and rough road, : but one full of charms and surprises. 1 along the French Broad. Davidson's ? river and Avery's creek. To the na tives Pisgah Forest is know as Mr. Vanderbilt*! placo, and its boundary is j marked by a three-strand barhed-wlre j lenee. The best way to see Pisgah j Forest is on foot or horseback, prefer ably the former, as in this way the full beauty of the place can best be seen. Go where ??ne will lhere ls over the sound of falling water, the rush or tho fall of the mountain s I rou ins, which IllOSt of'1 linn: is invisible, high over head or ni a gorge, perhaps a thousand i feet below. Going by the Davidson river way, when tin; crest of the "gap" in tho gnat mountain wall is reached, there is a glorious view to thc POUttl ] ward, far into South Carolina, and to j the northward over the Vanderbilt do main. The heart of this great forest has been known as the "Pink Beds" ever since white soltlei's went into that mountain region. Tho origin of the I name is in some dispute, but very I probably comes from the color of the rhododendron, which ls so profuse as i o make the wdiole region look like a I conservatory during the months of May ami .lune. Tin mountaineers call ( the place the "Pink Beds," and under ? this name it appears in tho geological 1 maps, lt is a sort of table land, be tween high and nearly parallel ridges, threaded by streams as bright us a looking glass, all running in beds of solid stone, literally like nights of steps, and which seem like quicksilver as they Hash or fall fr a under their lofty sources. Pisgah Forest cost Mr. Vanderbilt something Uko ti n uar tor of a million dollars, or about $2.(30 pea" acre, Most Of it ho secured at once, and the Other portions were bought in large or small lra< ts. so thal now his rangers arc the only denizens of the wide area. There ure live of these, all picked nionntaln ; cora, good riders and dead shots, lo whom the mountain:: arc like an open book. These men base many duties. They must BOO lhat thc boundary fence, 300 miles long, is all right; must keep ont poachers, look after the game, whether in fur or feather, and also after the trout, and further keep an eye on limber sh alors. Poachers yvon Ul come I rom near and far to get the trout, with which the streams ore superbly stocked, killing them by ex ploding- dynamite in tho dep pools, where the big trout lurk, or to kill the deer, the turkeys or the grouse, which are known In the mountains ai pheasants. The trained ears of these rangers hear the explosion of dyna mite "a great distance, and they track tho offenders as a bloodhound would track them. Into other counties, and even into Tennessee, Through this great Pisgah reserve, which now ls leased for use by one of the moBt exclusive bunting and fish ing clubs In this country, there are 76 miles of wagon road and 276 miles of trails, the latter leading alongside each trout stream. These roads and trails are altvuys kept cut out and ready foi* use. There are miles of what aro known as "shooting paths" 15 feet wide, which branch out right and left from certain of the roads, so that when deer are driven by the dogs they must cross these paths, and by menns of the latter alone can they be seen in time to afford a shot. Deer can stand in the rhododendron thickets in 10 feet of a hunter, und yet be absolutely invisible, so dense and so perfect is this paradise of game in which there ls so much of wild animal life. Tho foot prints of the deer are constantly seen, and once seven superb specimens were notlcd in a group, drinking from Looking Glass creek. High overhead a golden eagle was soaring and luter on tho ranger showed a mounted specimen of this noble bird, which he bad killed with his revolver as be sut in a tree lop 80 yards away. Mr. Vanderbilt began to acquire Pis gah Forest 12 years ago, and he promptly began the work of restocking the streums with trout, in the simplest manner, that is, by protection, without any artificial protection. In some of. thc streams rainbow trout huve been placad, but these ure not nearly so satisfactory us the native trout. Tho number of trout in this particular re gion was years ago incredibly great. In the old days, before there was any protection, there were caught In two dayB by three fishermen 1,650 trout, and most of this needlcH slaughter was ab solute waste. Pisgah Forest has large ly been chosen as the place for the Htudy of forestry, tinder the direction of thc very talented Dr. Schenck, who Bucceeded Gifford Pinchot, now tho heud forester of the United States. As all the world knows, Mr. Vanderbilt has at Biltmorc, which udjoins and with its 10,000 acres forms in a way a patt of Pisgah Forest, an arboretum of over 300,000 trees and shrubs. Pis gah Forest ls the complement of this arboretum, and in these magnificent woods Dr. Schenck has a lodge, where he spends much of tho summer with his class, making a tree study under wonderfully favorable conditions. In these classes are youths of wealth anti high social position, who study forest ry, a study sorely needed in this coun try, whore there is BO much destruc tion. Nowhere east of the Pacific slope are there nobler trees-tulip trees or poplars, Spanish und red oak, hem locks, chestnuts, black walnuts, cu cumbers and pines of half a dozen kinds, rise in stately symmetry, this being one place where the lumberman has never injured the primeval forest. It ls this great covering of woods which gives that tender blue to the mountains, which Is the reason for the name of the Hine Kidgc. There is a trail to the very peak of Plsgoh, and on the mountain crest are found lovely meadows, lush with ten derest grass and studded with dwurf trees, wind-blown and Indescribably picturesque. The trail along this crest lends by Pnsgnh h dge, the finest col lection of log houses in this country, built in Imitation of Swiss chalets, only the finest selected logs being used, and the furniture being all of native work and of mountain woods. Sportsmen will be charmed with this lodge, with its stately dining hall, the walls of which are covered with dressed skins of the deer, fox, wild-cat, skunk, etc., mainly those of the wild-cat, all these animals having been shot or trapped in Pisgah forest, while great eagles peer down from the beams upon the vial tors. Tlie view of Blltmore house from Pisgah peak or front from this lodge ls nearly like a vision of enchantment. The house seems to hang in the middle ?distance, like Aladdin's palace, snowy I white and vast, und quite near it is Asheville. Four counties corner on this peak. Southward there spreads the unbroken mass of Pisgah forest, lo the eastward is the rich valley of the famous French Hroad river, hounded by tlu? eloud ? tou? hing wall of the Blue Ridge, while Ito the westward there is a wild ami , rugged view of mountain piled upon ! mountain, Anally bordered by the Great i Smoky range, which towers like tho I wall of a world. Within the sweep of Vision one see? the culmination of the great Appalachian system willi no less than 43 peaks exceeding 6,000 feet in altitude, there being the Smoky, tilt; Balsam ami the Black ranges, Mt. Mitchell in the Black dominating them till with Its 0711 feet. In its entirety the view is the very noblest which the eastern pact of America affords. The conservation of game ilk the for est will ho promoted still further, as great care is to be taken in limiting the "kills" whether of tish ur fowl. The gj-ousc ha vt; greatly increased, baldly any hunting having been done in tho dozen years, and there tire many turkeys. Squirrels are, of course, abundant, both the gray and the small er brown ones, Ufo latter being univer sally known in the North Carolina mountains as the "bonifier." There J.SJ another kind of game in this reg ion J Willoh is not so hinch esteemed, tbifl being the rattle-snake, which shute*] w ith tho general public tho appreciation! of the Pink Pods. The rattlers ure ot the black variety, ami while short are unusually huge, three inches in diam eter sometimes. One of the rangers keeps a tally-stick with a cut. for cai ii rattler killed, and said that during one season he killed 20 himself; his three employes saying they had killed us many more. A watchful eye ls, therefore, neces sary when one ls out of a road or a trail. The rattlers, as a rule, are "very peaceable," as the mountaineers say, so much so that when they think per sons tio not see them they lie (jillet and do not coil and rattle. That there is really little danger from these snakes is shown by the fact that surprisingly few persons are bitten and Of these but few die, whiskey being instantly taken as an antidote. Mr. Vanderbilt has other holdings of lands, not connected with pisgah for est or with Biltmorc and its forest, some of those holdings lying to tho northwestward. There is another game preserve in this State, this lying ulong Linville river, which ls over in an other mountain plateau, the own.JIM be ing perhaps a score of gentlemen, some of whom gre New Yorkers, others be ing residents of this state. The streams there have been restocked with trout. One way into this preserve ls by Blow ing Kock and along the Yonahlossoe turnpike, Which is considered by good judges to be one of Ibo finest mountain roads in America ami over which old time stages ran. Fred A. Olds. Trepas Landing In t'orrn, Pails, Feb. 22.-Ill a dispatch from Harbin the correspondent of the Matin says Gen. Velkoff, who is on guard along the Mongolian line, has arrived there with Gen. DuslloVSkl, of Hu: en gineer corps. Half of the Japanese licet, Hie cor respondent says, ls covering the land ing of troops in Corea and tin; other hair is Booking1 thc Vladivostok squad ron.