The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 27, 1893, Image 1
VOL. lx-x I ICK I'dNS S. ). IRSI)AY19 JUVLY 27, PS3
DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT CRAIG
HEA) OF CLEMSON COLLEGE.
On tile (ieui: DI 4ay,f tihat (rassld 11t14
81itutlo1 1-'le I T.; a-i S1. t fll l it iI
A gricultv.-At CIlsl-'x4w A lily Sot Fo,rt.h.
It iipossiblo to give the speuch in
full, but thie following extracts will
show what a grand oration it. was
There is no miorft inspiring spectacle
on earth timin that, of' life wrvetling
with its foes. The bird rebiildingits
storm-shattered nest, the spider recon
striteting its brokon weh, and eveni tie
tinfeeling tempest-torn oak tiriving
deeper into the earth its tipt.urn roots,
elicit our admiration, and intilcuate Ivi
solls worthy of iilitation. Specially (1o
lininan lt.gs struggling toI free them
selves, and to walk ont into th. 1t4oad
light of libert y. deserve the sympathy
and admiration of t he brave antiI magna
niniotis. It is not siliply in the hour
of supreme and glorious triumph that
nations or indiviitals deserve our ad
intration, but it, is also in th,ne hour of
darkness an( defeat, when the proit-.1
spirit, refusing to cower or whine,
takes uip once more the load of life.
No Iairel-crowned victor of the Olym
pic ganies, chiettain homeward turn
ing froin vIctoious )attle ever dtieservtI
the hoimage due t,e him, who, though
4V defeated, recollects his latent strength
and marches onca more into the coii
Ilict. Germay was great when William
I led his victorious legions under the
trimuphal arch of Napoleon the first,
but far grater was the (ermany of
F'ichte, which, though conquerd by the
Corsican, began to ponder ihe probhvin
of translorining by the reconstruction
of her schools that dIfeat into a grand
and glorious victory. I-rE the last
Frenchman had deserted the (;ermarn
- capital, her statesimni and educators
had on foot a plan for the foundation
of a great national university, a uiii
versity which was to permeate all Ger
man li fe ait thight anI which is to
(lay world- wide in fame and in iliueince.
This was heroism I his was st atesnan
ship.
Three hundred years ago the city of
Ley(ien was b(-sieg(tl by the Snaniards.
For long and wearv iionths the I)ii Ich
refise<'. to yieltl, althoigh st.arvation
stared them in t,he face. So brave anJ
heroic was the defense of Lvvden that
when the Spaniards were at last re
pulsed the states of I lolland grant ed to
the city imitunity from txation. HIer
citizens refuseI the oller, asking instead
for a great schuol, a univi-rsit,y, which
for tw9. hindred years wis le most
famous in Euroine.
That was hroisn. That was states
manship. For a thousand years France
has been a lanl rich in heroic deeds, in
song and stor ; but, in all her inarvell
ous history her s,.ne has niver shown
more resplendlent than in that hour of
degradation und defeat., when the whole
nation arose as one ian and rolled off
the incubus of her war debt, a debt
amount ing to a thousand million dol
lars. It was then that her statesmen
and educators, realizing that it was the
schools of' Germany that con(Itiered at.
Sedan, th.t l-raice had been defeateai
by Kant and 1'ichte, by (Got-the anti
.%hiller, by 1l1muboldt and Hllemholtz
and iaiss, as well as by Molkte andI
William, tegan tho Work of liatilonal
regeneration by organizing a complete
syRtem of pubie inst rlt.ion begiilong
with he 1111111mblust district, school anid
rutining on up 1.0 her great inationial
universit y. That was iroisn, that
was stawtsmanship, a Fni -ranvo of to
day is grea'er thain was Fratcv uinnder
the Eimpire.
Pint tI oret urn hoinie, tine Ni,rt li-rin
army miarchiing hoimewanrd amid the
beating oh drumsni aind t he waving oft
victoious1 b)alnneis w~as a siLe tce less
grand than thant (.r thle ragged a:ndt
starving veterns ot I tt, whno withI situ
and ac?hiing hearts ret ined( to th eil
desolated liresidles alnd dhIsdaiin g 14
pnlin or wine rtebulilt t,heir rmIined
homes, t ranst ornined blood-st ai net Ihati
lIe groun rds inlt o w avinrg ibi lVs ofn gou
den grain:.
Th is wans hero' m,t hat heroism wh'iche
has ever' (listinMiashd4the11( peole (ii
Soui th Cartolinia, tht hnl.Iertoistin wii '
Ilay neC dlecI artt d ivinciblIt. t h at 114- 01sm
which shnen, rtslninalni, upon0: tvery
page of thIe lirst. seventi y years tif tiaro
lina's hinst iii y, II hat he4rim l hlat in4?ee
pail din g all the tin k Iness antI (ie
solat-ion of tiur linng y ears of civil war
that hetroism wVhicth, when'i the war was
over, "maiude hr icks ti of xt raw' and4
"spre-ad sph-'ndoir" aniid thle rins- ot
blackened Ihionestetad s, t.hat I he4ro ism
that liashed- (alt again in ille4vent.y-six~
wh len a bnaind of Cart ih nilns, as br'avt
as the Spnaritanns wvho guardn Iiftithe gati
ofi Therm'iiopjylae, plaintted IthemisteIvt-s ini
our State (a pitl and drtove i ronm lhe
legislativte hallIs g ret-dy Inenri If ci'on
1it ible carpet- Iniggers ma bIntsotltn
slavts.
Tlhat wais her-xoie mi and ('rill uim fl ten
187t' wvas greatter aid ttrinir I han ii<
Carolina tnt arnte-heu IlioIn das s. linit, iht
work ot rectonstrunction a ntdi t r
genieratio)n has not St ennded.
lIed In anew ;eve:' anitw nhioiuld bte Ihe
watch word oi a great. peoplhne. Asa lon
as we biut SlItpan i at corittnt w itl
tnur fat,b-rs' sto lt,ion ofil Ile great priob
lems (it Iifet, so 14)ong is idt Ioltgre-ss im1
po'ssibtlte. 1111unan ile is as b at-rt-n m
Sahara of fr rlit.
Th'!e gel.teratio tom menIli- are, as ati
Iloniier puts it, hike tine leavt's tof Liii
tre-s whtich fall antd rt-netw 1.hem
selves wit hnolt amliior'at ito nor chiangej
II ector rt f tn g hnnle frtom tint
tinuilt tof battle In bi lai laist arewyell
toa And iomanche is ton nit the mnos1
touch-ling andt inspir iiLniture ini an.
cienlt l iteratn ure. i a) inig ansitde Ine inofta
pnlumei, ithat grimnly ilnl(ddn lium ib
horse-hair t'r at, I lectir, tine kinight list
souil of' li I het (st-i-ks, ttotk up~ his iln
fant bey and dalgling iml in his arml:
pranyed t.huis to , ovo an ail ihe ti godis:
"Oh J1ove and anl y34 gootds, graint I. ihat
this my soin imay be bn etti r- thn i I
tart hner was." May t his, lmy I rie-nds.
De tIne prayer of ever'y t i uc Cartolii :n
ii'!ose son thnalI joitn tiur raniks. G rant
that t hiis my son ilay he better thin
his farthe-r was, antd when-i ht' rturin
I rom Cle-mson Colt ge ilt-en rn ot willi
51po11s of comt itsi, 11ni rich ini k now
ledge, in wistdoml and1 ini manly virtur-s
may his mothe r's he(ari r-joice.
I am mlyself an1 ml punist,. I hayte tic
faith in thnose whno pi ne anti w hinte fnr
the gtood uld liii es long past, whot fry
to r'c-oinstruict tine f .st anit bring bac-k
thte lilte aind tI ines ouir tam theitr live-d aintd
saw. It cain never I -" dome. We ma:i
remove mlounit:riins aind stay the onward
marc,h of mintyt rivern, but we non
never recoistrticti a civilization that
has forever departed. Let meo not IeI
mistinuerstood. There was imich ini
the civilizationl of the Od South that,
must, win the adiration ot good lilel
in all climes and times. Let 1s
Ch righ thet good and forget the bad inl
the life our fathers and grandiathiers
ived. The manly man anid Lite wo
manly woinat. no matter imler wi at.
skies they d well, imist ever despise the I
the iman who, ignoring the virtties,
parades Ohe Vices of the his fathers. t
I he North can have no respect, the e
civilized world c in have no respect, the
coitiug generat ion anit have ito respect j
l'or tie mlan oriwoman who born %nd bred i
beneih these skies is inot proti to gar- 1
land te graves of our heroic dead.
Let ist not i ttlle the old men 1l the
Sot., who, "silt ig in the dismantled t
porches ot their homes into which dis
lionor has never entered, to which dis
ceourtesy is a stranger," somtimnes look 1
wistilly back to the days that are
gone. ,ivling, as they believe in ai
grosser an(d more material civilization I
ihan that which their hands were build- I
itng, let, them look back with regretful I
loliginlg to that which Northern thrift
and cunning never bring, that old. fash
i0l.edI So,tiuthern hospitality, generosity
and courtesy, that chivalry which chose
honor rather than riches, which pre
ferred poverty to meanness.
];It we of a younger generation inust I
lace the issues of the present.
A great work lies before the South.
ern people. What we have already ic(
coinplished is insignificant in compari
son with that which yet remains to be U
done. ur vast fUrests, our exhaust- I
less mines, our lertile soil offer tintold
riches to those who have the pluck and
the sk ill and brain to d-velop theii. It
is with Its a 4iitestion of lile and death.
We must coiituer or be coniertd. I
Since the war, inillions of dollars have
gone from the improverished South to
keep tip perision soldier.s at. the North, ji
millimis o, dollars have been wrtng t
froi the down-trolden people of the 1
South for high protect.ve tariffs, this's
swelling the already overilowing cofeIs i1
o tthe nabobs of the North. To save i
otirselv,es from intellectua and materi
al bondage will reIire ii the united el
fort ot the most, cinvalrotis ititi the
Ilost imaln'taluniious people oil thel
Am-ricart continent. There is not a t
great magazine in the South, there is t
not a great publishing house in the s
Smtith, there is not a great universit.y
In the South tl.tL could for one ioimnt
coimpare with Yale or 11 irvard or Y
Michigan. There are no great, i4raries S
in the South, no great collection of '
p int ings, no great g.tileries of sculp
ture. I say this not in a spirit of dep -
reciation, but, it posi-btle, to do somne
thing to arouse the people of South
Carolina to a sense of their intellectual
and material bondage. It is high time <
Uor the Southern people to assert tht.m- -
selves, to shake olf 0hie dust and i
humiiation of defeat. Never, while
the South su Ters her history to be read C
through the distorted spectacles of the
historians at the N orth, never while sht'
is dependent. upon Northern pfriodi
cats for a hearimg, never while she is
coinpellfe to senet her sons and (uigh
ters Nor,,iward for a university educa
tion; iiever while she puts into th I
hands of her chiliren histoires written
by mnitn without, symiiipathy for her in)
stitutions, never while she is compelled I
to go t i the N orth for skilled lahor and
to the West for coimodit ies that can i
ht ht i.eir prodiced mtdr her own skies
and inl Ihe.r own lieils--liever agailn
wlile silt' sibiits to this "cart ste wear
tie lotty look o eons-.-ious rlepet.
enice."
tit I he latiguage of 'rent iss. "I'br-j.
Iingi sha.1me sitil s;-l its seal upon her
tbrow, h it when her proli soins go fortih
e Othtl' lanids tiy will oweir benieati
th witheriig Itoik ci the strange
Lo.1k bl r,ad (iverkf this citry IkI i I
s' euow l.meni,'hle ise th le cI:lit trn cit
-. i ericuliit ul chie. It, is a teett,
Iithoghi the cause m ay lee nard to t ind.l
tthat agicu'ilt.iral lite is at a dliscot.i i
Ne ver' biettie ii lie istory cof the
wo)rldt hias thecre tbeent su ch ani iih iix
irtti the toetitry to t.he cit,y as 1.he
las.t, Ltwen y Iiv y' ears thave wvi t e'ssed(.
tlhe g,reatt. city is hertin'tg croiwdeet,
thet ctuetry depopuiiiatedi. In rilt earty
hiistory ruiral life lead a fascinion ie oler
.he0 Antie-ici.ini peoiple. Ini 180 tt-I . oI Icl
ciiir loietiuiatioin livce.i ini Cit te s ect litoi'c
pc'rwas no- sto the cihelen iimeis.
Wt'.tshiigiton, .lelII'rsoni, (Xtalhoin, aiiiti
Claiy, aind t.he vast liiij ritya the lii
great iineii ile ciit eai IV tilstoiry, liveill
frenil bcet i po~ lie fairiii. T'eoda.y it,
is noct, simpjly S'inat oers aetel ('eongress- I
iini, I Lie rich ii great, bt,ti ll c'lassces,
hiighi aiiil low1, rich auiii pooitr. air'edriven i
as by~ soe irresis,table lingiuilse te leer
saike lie far in. ti'rgeftc, briitiny
youniig ien, as sooni as theiy reach t.heir i
iniujo rity, b)iittinrg ol ieu' t.o thir aged
hat hiecrs and mothler, fo rsaike t it e pea(ce
fl purtsuiits cit thle fairm :uiii pilunrge in-<
to thte miaddeiing strife cit cit.y life,
some to sa it serniely upi on the aldveni-1
itiios sea ofi spi'eulat ion, but, the vast.
majit; iiy toc siniik ftore ver b e'neath its I
tijllows. Wcll-tc do p--ieic, thicse whoe
cti live witouit hitutor, e'itting thieiir
pltitii at itlis, iii tlurning LIleini cver I n
nie'grcis. Itlock Iinto thle cities atni bri ng
ing tip tcir ethildreni in iellenes atnd lia
cdotlen cc', swell Itihe cns-t ant I y incetreaisin Ii
dane'r ofi ourii city pliliationc. 'Theu
pocore'cr t'elSses, e'speendtly it se who are 1ii
contiettu wvit hi a mierel y an imali ex isle rncte
I orsake thiir catbins andcii urt g ige I
homiietd andio Ilock into factoiries,
any w he'rc, anywheri'e, Lt,.ze't awa .y iromil
tth" farm.
N ow whIiat are thc' c'aue eel the sad
stat e into which agrietilt uiral piirsiits
hiave flIlent ? There is no dicisgis iing
t,he tact .1 speak as a stuedemnt, ct hh
t.ics line noitt as a part isan o cr pol iticiani
- thatt the tide has beeni aginst ag r a
cul tutiral lifte. Specu laticon, gamb tel i,
dteatng in futures, controilliing thle
manrk't.s by unliawvtill methoeds, t.Iic't cii
a grand scale, robibery and rascality
heave use.ripedl thes place oft holiest, gaini.
In thter dIa.s men looked wit h wv(ict'er
uponii : ('.icmieror as lie ret urned lad
ened withi t.he spoils of for. igi eo
<pe sts; let ut today the Iols ot die peoi
lte ar mt Ih nere wVho in ai f ew years
fatbledt wealth cit kings of oither datys
whto Io rini graind conititlnations to con.
tro'el the iniarkets and thus wring from
Lihe mil emlon beirers of the laned tribute
sucht as neo king ini the darkest cdays ot
tendcla lim wou ilet have cdared to levy!
Wheni our faftuteri, with a heroism Icor
wvhich we shldc tie eternially grateful,
cdeclared Lnat all juist, governmienit de'
rived pocwer from the conlsent cit the
goverrneed id tha;t the biest gotuernment,
Is that which cot: fers the greatest good
unmon the greatest niumimr. little ,id
well i its bright. Thle lonliness, th
-moot.ony. t lie lack of genial comnpan
ionship, of social and literary circle
is ninkig farm life sad mstid dreary an
replIsi v#-. It, does not meet the- crav
ing of Lhe human heart, for compny:
ionship, for intellecti-ill and social liftj
Is it any wonder, then, iat tiht risini
generat ion lie the farm as a huise to
bidmot ? Iifore thi war, the cas
was differet. The plant,er gathere(
arounid hil a colmly of slaves. II
kopt.opl n house. Ill- had leistire. 11
eljov.1 .i t societ.v of fric-nds an
To the (obll (Ireeks, especially th
Athenians, ,th lonely farimi house wa
altmost mnktiown. They lived ill vil
I,lt-es and1 fmiund minfailing pleastiret ii
thle SOciNt l riedh. We mi list. destro
the barreiiesi ant monotony ol COIIIIt
tIrv life. ()ur civiliz-ition will be
a failiIre as loing r it igilol es the 1l-,irn
ing of Ith iitelle(.t,. the (IIItNivititO 0
I the Ieart . We inist, make life on th
ti ar torli at ract t-, Ioro happy, mIIor
tjy)Yftli, more initelleetital. A 14 hov
>11hal1 if be done? Hlow Ols(! bult by edl
I "Cating the farmer, by teaching him to
- love tihe bealit ifu'l, t.o love books, to (An
jOY thet COm paioniship1 of O,he chojo
spirits of other ages and other climo.4
to revel i le gloriots a1hiev( menits I
lt' past, to iiickein i iint.erest in til
great. inovetinents of our rte, to) appI
to :lgIriltural ptuits tiLe di iscoverit
0I scieince, tle ilivenitiois of art, C.o pt
hlMn ini citrol ()f the mmti l.i force
of r1t-1t re, to give him bet.ter food anc
hlet ter homes and better books and bet
ter S(,.hlo)ls.
Th( IinaNefatulrinig 10wer. of tho,
Worli, It is saId doubled by I Ie aid o1
iiichinery (Avery stvii years. Shal
I .i Ws illht v fors which weri- the bil
diig of ian to crush aud eislave in
Stend of l1beratinIg alld elevatirig him
Shal we not s!t' that day of which h1.11
poet silgs:
TIe 114h0hty inwy pmwer., 11thar wdIil
Iin earth and It) aI- i 1t ai.r
Shal ti r-l,ss varly t(pil aml lat i i
0mr n-nlial hillrdoAnsba.
Their ir a Ati f t ti ltleltir h--,
Till mnly arl -.1a141scienle he
Tim belot of lou tnice ,o te e
MFIt Clem on C411lege t trform le
art, in te i-s great work. To give frile
l lpettis to agricutiural piirstits, t o dig
nlit.y labor, especially t,h Itiost, health
1111 atild inldel)VIdenI,Lof a',1 labor - -(in thlt
hirill in inl the lields-, t) swell thls
1;t'ober :)f ri-al prodiwers, of tho muer
w lo the bread they eat alId till
raiment wherl wii they are vlothed
"t'll is fihe niii Ceti5son Colleg(
Tlh Proi esiois s !Llll,d are over
e.d. eA haeal;v- to mnany lawyer
hr w>Ilally politicianls, too llnatly middlo.
Ilell, tU) Illay shtopkieers, in shor to,
1Many lW11n I.rylllg to ekt. jtIt 'til kexlst
alice Ily solle ottheer Ilethod thiln thaj
W ii liest i l. Wh iiever th't ims.
bin)VCilll ilnt illgentl, whlte14-ve.r they (cn
prehend ti;i'r o.I lieeis anll kn1i
their owii Irientds, tilt (liy of ti
demnagogiies, oi the chrbta , tj,
swinirtit, of the Itsles4 iiddleten, i
t1(th milltonirv, will be forever at a
eniid. We inial lihar ni more talk of th
poor, ilorant, farmer. I'll tei] yoill 1th
!reli who otihlt to be Lhe lord-i of tt
land the sAl. of' t,i earth, are the mne
Who, mif. Iin lilt opel conitry, undt
Gtod's bWill c.tinopy, earn their bread b;
hliest labor.
The lnwii %who pr lined I his college arI
luterminied th' atr it shall bu Ilo mnean af
I ait I t veryl hing h:ts bi.kenl laid out o
144) 1 411l1, i ,11 t4 'I.'V'llil i 1)
1 l ilb-ii nt scale. It is ( ot, to iN
ovrlu.(4adowed, -it similar school:
eiVV , by lth- StaItU I nlliversit.y. i
H i'not i) h e' tilrne-d ilto At pu ely liter
I I' i list it tit imn. Otr bo ysare h avIMe ,
40Ac1 aild co'lnplOt. tra iieiv inl theil
4 rclniheiir 1- t:,nest'il h!1o taliht,il to ieh
1t i-ii ml w hi tir ci,ss:iry to :ldk res
.hi ilyligri; ih( il et11 i -v I t l e di p ill
11i1-v will h avet'lL r CInllc tial trii g at oI
1111' hithest order (Ihe ill.'Ig' to prep.nr
y yhirtant h d-f ini.i I. aen ijsto a
bu een ti ui af.is,te bub.s -v
ter'e wohii I ,leveloplit< i; trIs Tyi
I y a di sint ismn vastly iore oppreSsi vI
Lhan that, aga'st which they rebelie.l.
'Taxatimon withomil, rellresen11talionl."
Aley said "was I ranyn;" yet, witlhin .
ient tirv aPer that declaration thq
Nall s'reet kings were wringing t rib.
I'Les of imillions aii inillions of dhlair'
rotin I he A -nericani people. It. is idit
o Ialk of 1iberty and tiiality wlii
e in man owns an vightevinth 1p irt of
hie nationi's wealt h.I Thell lovo of, mou-.
y i-t preparing l tr is a dtespotism
'astly ltlorie oppressiv#e than ever v
'u.iar or Napoleon ii poilSI. We ar
l1aKing NNI I Illon1 oll- got I au l th m11 Ilill
ionaire our i<aol.
It, is well for its who live inl the Ne k
;ltith to take ei-d to otiuselves. Not
itAl the alien and cleariva-aild, ii
'old-liemted. s1weilators I romi till
\'orth 1 :in' SItithward, stretchintig
heir nets for the loaves anti tishik
vero til mass (f' I lie Soit hern peopit
ri thet race f'-r Wealth. Ilow t.iliv:
ave clcnged! Never before in C.hi
south was such an imptilsf given 4t
hat. coarse antI selfish litiltaiairmnlisi
%hich has sprea<d like leprosy over till
'ortl aant West, if1sing the seids 0
lath into all their I rve instiittions
Ne aire( tryiniz to ott strip each other,
lot in t Ihle nobl r vi rt ues, I li sweet
harities and rinemieients of social ite
Le sacred claiins of' t lie lire'sid and
lie home, of prixriotisin and reilion
mtt in the crazy greed I'or gai. What
tinals it whell a tdistiliguisl'.1 com
nenceient lrator tels ie gradIuaitig
fas: " omng mlen, pilt, miony in your
iocket.s. A, mnan wit h mnonvy is a king;
vitholut, .1 iginy ?"\\hat, Inveinsit
viii-n111"-lof wealth atill not0,1m.-nof,
iraiins are the inigihty Il1n in 1 the
'uiin''; chaiihlers of thet ti2tt tonl ?\'tt
lict is thu-re aiioig its or let ters. for
r't, to' ul miire, for social distiticion,
i1perb ienital elidowilient, whithe
liflionaire, 1.11, p:ltenlt lutdivine# mla'),
het nviker (df loilet soap-4, thi- railroad
1gnarlt-. the irvat, ttuiopolists, are
At high above tihe poet.. the itOt.er,
he scullptor, t ile sItataffsilali, the tevaher
i t h1e f'arilifr
(;<d grant, th it I t- I! . Ith whl ).e I,v
ry foot of soil is iallow,-t lv Ihe loo.1
I brave inen, here, where iiatir' has
Mite hir het -where ski' as "4ol, as
v1Se of I1ally are tuing inl beautifl
.misp:irency above. and g!ory fike a
uimimer's ilream lI1ts o'er th- rich
-ndscapt'--tl granit t.hal, this (O.A
-tth, "rich ill Ute 11n -111 Wry of' bvygonet
ears, Ionr glowing sun-Ohine, tivilal
ol Ith- wit its sigh, wit, miisic friend
hip, all tthat life lveneats,'"i Iv keel
o ever from her Ierrit ory t E-' List eI'
iabot>s, who how at no shrine Favt
IalilIioIi'S; who woild, it tht'y coul
nonopoliz- the very air, bot tle the stii
liine an I dew, torner tlie rains thal
p'iich the li irst of' wit iering il wer;
tid Nidas-like, would turn to main
Imll'i In , it. g(lv: rob,?s of dylili,
lay! Well dil \'irgil say: "Accuirsec
iavting fIr gold, witt dlost thoi no
Irive inortal breasts to do?" what hm!
iiaimon ever tione f'or mai ? Corroil
ng the heart,dr\ itig up the fiintains (i
feet cioi, eradicating th e love ol
ieauty, of' honor aii of' triith, thot
ist taught. him how to b ceiliiing, tc
iliage, to p1tinder and to slay, hit
ho hiast, not given himi ont high an d
l i g .aolight., has never inoitedt
in to tlie tinst'llish act., to o f1ie iiau
alltilOils iiIIpose. What 4toes thu
oI011 mwe t) C'rwiii-, to Na-as, tc
rassius.or)I to G;oijH? Thll, eie at
"lhose sh riin'.- ilimatiiiTy wol ship, t ht
it lleet ndi uul inl-iterial savillits 4t i t
ne, it i>et, h it'i ist, I h eat cier
in thi Illissimiary, lit. t 01uh havc
i ed
"ililt
'Tiit' etut iis vhoi tiv'Iii olui I
)111. th lt it' . t t<t.lw o lie:e i
iies -i. ritlh'l by Lire prenc; yli
ii 1-l! is 4sC i ld e it t 'itl,ill S til, f
lilirttlih iilts t hit o his illiIIl'
ii titoli(. ' 011 alb iii thI 5111 Iic th'I -h
I irt wthatei '5iihl. peri tntu Icrge iiin
bels' 1i10i liv't neve- l'iowr.a l tIll
Shakespearie,o it N111 it hr rfso
nIVrIn fus,I wirotiI is ra ni!s, no' hay
l10ry, tiiia t'u m;tk lihle wahitI IwtI ir
bin ihe fba triof A iivaa,' 111 t.n "myi;li
tindd"<ns inutlVC li. i suh-i" litkes I
liare thatit "ilweet. I 0'' itgeniil git l ; It
I-tivtti byaltioknwhlu
feir t' ~ iwior ts io i (' l,t ' y,':tm :
foing ian he' ittn.treW,t <e htill tIn' in
l.lt' vig >r'of h.iscI hve anlinv tde
lIS' uesion oifi hi amaingt'i 'lilt 10i', re
ir'g Wh ro t.h sIenes it Iis flie ir
rl2i2uph aond ri;th i 'Itelus n h
;ltive townix l'liy iepat. auid lti')t ude
dt'ha oft aitl touil w11ih a11 t it<t
wlooke Io i tye Itus t h- ti t ho
vereI knwthat It an~ itmdrta sil
SEN ATOIR IRBY SHOWS I
HIS CONNLCTION WITH IHE DAVE
PORT-FULLER AFFAIR.
Silitee1ent14 Ir-MI All Pve-nn 'I.eorielei
I r. Ft e oi 41 I lt-elwd % it I Is o 1 t;Mt
u e idtle it h It 1 ae:ml it I I nte
Ell.eier I frontm somae l.'etarene ('ili. tIn
LAt'U .:N-. -S. C., .1111y 16. TO I.
E'itor t itotisreeville News: ()n hi
Satirda.y your pape- r patlcmitained ani ar
- chli on ite Davelpiti-ullo-' Sealnial i
this coutlly,'sigiled "Carolinli;ll." Iti
aim not ilisiaken ti as to ill- true alt tie
it. wohil hIot hive lfeln 1nn1lectess,ary h
Ilit* or ally ()I(* else i. h Iis colioi t v m. i I
leiimont section to aiswer it Ioir I
is knowii of' all men.
ie first, (if last. week, witllmil
knowingor c:mrinig abi it, S itnn.I \
Ptiller, the uIshai.ct it I e' woman Co
cerned in thi scatithl, sent f'r -iw- at
saiil t htt, as t here were so iany Ii
beinr tol alboiit t hi a l;tir er I
thought, it bst,I' for all I Ie p:irt iv-; c
cei'ned that lie shouill iake a w itII
Staleinlenti tio I.h! public; and askei'
toI) pil suitbitle langliage his i(l.-a
what ha-I really octirred. IlI- iwa
his statement,, anti I wrote mll wh
was puIblished. I read it over to hi
atn lie made several eratisures and ce
rt et.lons to stiit hims-1'e. A'ter tlle
co)rretionis. lie m:aid it. was exactly
lie wainteld it. I thI1t sail to him: "
this is jist a4 you want, it., sign it
the presetice ()I If IesI4 gei t lemlieli" ai
lie signed it inl the presence of I.%%
men, well kiow ci t.izeins. A t.4 * r1 a
I said: "O fe muore (I tiest ion. hefore v
separate, which I wisi you to answ
ill the presence of these gent lellie
"D)id I try to illllence youI ord<ictal
inl) of this article to pill ?" fit a
swered; ''on did not." Ilo Jist,ic- I
other ilieil, who have bieei (Irtwl in
this inat"er, I ask, .\ r. E,lit.r. t hal. yo
piblish the' follo'wiing 41:11vi eit ai
. w. i11i.I.r:1.
I voillitarily iake !ls st ilemenit 1
Mir. IIIgIILeis ill rI4-ely tO vriticismli
the airt icle t hat I wrotl e: ' Yi oi p bli
word for word wiat, I asked ymu I
write, and as it appears in I he Iuireii
ville Iferail liver iy siviignaltiue, I i
clare it to be' I lie t r'it Ii atid t he w ie
tritth of the inat.ter." I have ie i-i
ot writi tg any pien t.( correct i0, 1
cause I hiave ailre-%Iy tiiid what I I
ileved to be true. S. W. I i-1.1..:i
SEN.\T(W 11.11%n ST.\TEMEI-NT.
In Friday I wo or three weeks a2t
happeied t o be at, Col. .1. 1). Slau
six miles in the ctl,itry. Abti)It
o'(-lock a. in. Wilitani S. liiejamni, I
tather, and -i;uel Ftiller, the liisla
of the woman coinlected wit.h
t)venport scandAl, cane up and c.l
P out Ol. Shaw. Ater talking awl
' Col. Shaw came to the lioulse and ast
tile t jain in t.he coifterence bet w%
them. I did so, w11i1n they iun1fil
their grievances and charge.s agai
e Mr. 1)avenport. Thev maid they w
ol t ie Way to see MIr. Divenport
r find out what lie meaut by instltj
Mrs. Fuller. A f'teri going over in
tail her statenent Wf Iact, Col. Sh
proposed to sent for Mr. I)avenp
and have a talk over the whole inati
fin the presence of soine neighborS a
relat iv.-s of the woman. NJr. ieijam
and Mir. Plil,er invited nie t) c<i
<h>wn with Ir. I).veniport, that. a1 t
noon. III I he afterio about 3 ecm
.\Mr. I.iveniort came. ain lie aid 0
Shaw asked io- te go down withI lii.
1'pmn asseleinlling ierv were pres,'
.\mrs. Mrsjaiiun, NIrs. Plifer, Wa
ofi eie'- l'aeinet, whh-hie' I'ife' <
iii.teriallty e int raelie'tc'I by NI\Ir. lIIiv.
e'itt wasi of thle oplitiiin ctuat. t heire wv
1no rap' or inite.it to comtiiiit, ai ra
lIulli is. l ler. I staIteI , .as a I i ici
.ed botli partieS, [hat, the e11inent
rapie 40' t itnyit. 1 tae was atbs.9liie
waint.ing ac'cerdiiig t.o thle stait e'iin.
boet hi part les ande Ilitit t lhey wehl ft
ti dto h neeof tv w I ihinsx: h.i thter oi
e'euiit of the irelt.iei.tihip by bleoite e
3.1isut let wc'e-i S;iinnet t"ulle's wai
ainl NIr. i)ave'ipIr.'e c1hilire'n. I cclir,
frienl NIrI. I );vet icert, er pcreen4'te hi
ini t he cmurts ioran assaul. of atn In
c'r, husiicaiid eof I ie' aiggr'ieve'l womia.
elid that,1 he wasi willingIve to i b-ae'i i
114 'r'I t ihe horseM4 let, 1111 we're go
feel tent 1 inities :licl the'l catlh'I I
ainil sai et hat. the le'vht agr e' Ilb it. N
l)'aven poirt, shlolI luay Sio l and iie Iii
tuhl thlie'i (At.it, it. wvas clue Cl Itic h kI
ccl casies thial, Cicfii't. be sc',A htl wvI
Iinoniev, iriot that, it. wouild bec a ICIin pl
ilise el t tie girl as well ax oIf hie whf,
taly,l aliel I advised against ta;kluig
t hat l.'ey wov:~,ul no ite st istied wi
anyeting bult. ltloney ari e'allet I (ecfci
haw, 1whole ix a niehicw ol NI r. Ilev
porit , ani tohel hiinii that I.hev weoe
hav e toe have Slan. C of. Shiaw si
ha. he couhin'. give thleln ally 111on
btei.i NI Air I).venpjort wocutel twIuh
t.hat, lhe wld (b loan hun the uney vI
I iflihe coulI d gel. it. eip. S;un i Ici
MC''Iined te e hiigtlfy pleaseed wit hIi
r set eine it, esxeioalv tie 114ione y
ol it, whleni I acivis-e i hto t hat lie ou
r not,1.1 ti( aceplt. mocil-y el this surt.
h)avenpoilCrt give Nir. '-hIiw lis note C'
miaul I r. ShawiI pa:idf I"ulb-ri MS.e ilid gte
hiin(hs not, e'ietor9ed1 by iiiyxef , I
cin lnore~ ini sixty clays. I dlre'w an
deir on (I I. ,i T!aecnysion, signiede hv 3
SI)aveniport., foIr thle hcahmicee of what t
ounitt y owIedl him i (I )av'e por ) as sch,~
Comtnlilissioer, in favor oef Col. ."hae
Thiis19 ill that11 I knowe~ abouitl it;
adevise , as 1 hadl lieeni inviteel by ba.
Spairt.Is, anid, fior eel he'r rea;ionrs, r hit N
I)avenprtii'ts life shioeubl be takl-l.
miay 'say, inleienItally here, t hat
most'- exa.gger'atCi ed cauntx elf wvI
\Irs. I 'ulle'r said have been ini circoi
tiltini ts lhii neighibrlhcood.
I (N'guied ) .1 \N. h3. NI. I n a y
Co.. .1. I). NI. SliA w,
Y
a I have carefeully3 read Sentaloi'r rh
e, st1atelnlen'.,e o tis mxiatter and pr' ooti
eI'ivery. word of it.I tr t.h.
(Sighed) .I. I ). NI. Su .a w
.jll N lt. Fr' i . i.u;:n.
- iMr. E"lller, the father of S. WC. F"ulli
I sa'.ys that I he sublject of money wax
mon'ttIntuael Ill,tal -after he and.W wm
V nt.im I went into tlie horse lot anil
hadl agroeet that 51(t:) ought to be paifl.
ie theli called Senator Irby an<l Mr.
N- lien jamin <1id the talking, telling Irhy
that they thought Mr. IDavenport ought,
to pay Saiin (S. W. -'tller) S1019. Sena.
tor I rby repliedf to its that this was not
a muoney case, and that he coildn'r, a<d
vise ihe use of Imloley ini it. Iilly Ben
.jaii ( W. S. B ('li -I ii) said that noth -
ing but. nlionvy woild satisfy Sam; that
lhe kiew S-i1 Wolild have to 4do some
timnr. Siator Irhy also sai<I in the
ho ist, I lt, w wohid(I have to do one of
Iwo thina-m: E'-I her Jist drop it on ac
cint of the rel:ttionship between Mr.
ItvvnIport's childiren anid Ihe H:oly inl
1 vol vei r ir uo wit t. hin. l'ron what
I hearil I did not, t hink I hat, thero was
.141IN N
an rpe' ori atlte4Iint to) rape - in it.
i l, t W . ('I " N N IN, I M.\A M.
Iheigoin slat fIIII-It was read to
ine alit I tll I it I I'll ais to what to,ik
im.v n tilhe hli'. w;s present, and
k liw %v t fiat .Seluit 1or I rby adivisit agaiinst
takling mlont-Y.
IL
. VIIId I \%. 1'. C'I N N IN ,i . I N.
..S. I;I'N I.\\Nl I N.
NI1f . W . .S. I t-',j;Ii tIIl , 4,i F ltb1 . Ifi Il
ily i I it- case, sa -i : " I b:t-v heardi
rlil th.. ' taitq.l t t a lovv o .of, i l I
V'l1-r ; Id c liy t t t ut, stat viiet
IS e: rl4'e ;114 tr u ) t % ()iVw k1oty
I l s ' W . . i'i,:N I.\ ANIIN.
Nvws: \\v, tilt' viti/eii- ()I ().i.kville
collill'u1,ut V, ;1 ; 11b 1tillIt (0 lies ill .Sal -
I Ird;a i s Iss, ' 11 t . l - ,I-I s i i l ' ';Lr.o
'0 linla l.- \ We think wt ki >w the li l le
eur. W ' do 1 ot no rp)p, . I-> reply t.o
his lies. W 1 ,l Imt st-. h w ai a t.N ru'11
CAr-diiiian c idb iillish suih ki, af .
homt i s lit IIis at p id i':if design.
I ' i 1i-ft ii? . I l -b I; :, il fli fI'roi
M ouilt I'lia. till . fl 1 s lt I Ies ite Illim
hvr (nv.
W . Inve thlie . v i .' () o lr W -1"
ill we ar.' leivers 4t 1 ri' i . M r. -Lii
% ir, we demand his irn-t' lo b' sent, t1.
. ('t ill'fIlii , I ',ir
Il 1.. il lia. 4. iiul I I
w%Ill show)% Il.11 1p1 t 1h l ofoh ' ou r
t W I a s irue 'ii '
(a 1 ro t th Iin IIk 11.0, t t 11it11' t new%SprlL
p-. hiari wi-re sllpp .l
tL was vvry lilgi-n1.1vin thly ill ;-my
fillm tt) IeporI t a liveiting blw his s 1i' it
4.1 i m il'. ()lr c-mnty I;pl,rs will
g 'if 111 ki-" ill t 1 . W v LI' It.-1.1
4,1f ef 1' lrv i If he e . Weiyt e
tI lal vt . wI A .lrtd by th. ttillt,g
puppy piev'.. I 't- is - senii I la i t- at
-'i , i ( iin ng u L. 1..\ ,- itn e
W I Wi lison,rvv. Ii I. ts Ilint i iv
A..el. irby,.~ al t \d :.. f ly, i
- ( W illi ull-;, . . C.',i i ) i ite ,
.ohl"n 11 10 1
liv A 11 11ill i t oh-Lt COIiV-1 " t (ro ini.u "
li vcv, ph.-ast. v >ply this. a .
s (iit in 44 w4i. h "; troli i alli-e
I('d I L I) iit )ct srrucIt th li' that, i;kye
f i c ell cir la') te ) V S ij, I \vrit Ier. The
nT ilet I'ti wa4Y% IvitiCalletI .I I t th rpose of
to proteeuing ihe llicaLnal interetAs of
IITour cminty ani to appoint a comimit
1 tee to Ilivestigahts the 11:11ter, and the
V re inrt . 1 tiht c 144 ittee w as -sit -te
wr%as Ilo I li i i-i ij Intenli althoiugh the
con<tit. of* .\r. i.iveiport wa4 I moi l
to 1 v iltitc h11 as the gol .t-11p e
totfI h,i' (0111y coultd I .l er.i t. Thev
lanurensvi ll' fi. rah will give t1h1 1 1*144
.k C. 'NNINIilA.\I1.
n.Weather C'rtoli Mihllitie.
i .\ m vi.\, S. C ., iily '). .T j e I I .
1.vinw_r is Ht.h wvvathervi crop repmrt fromu
I- li i ( n' dill a hi5 il () Ile If)v
lilt 111.i t kf~4 %i .....4 I 41 . . .~ .1 11 1 .- -i -'. --)
* 4 ltiii44 ine i if.griclt re: Thei tenlii 5 r-14
1)1 att re duing t.1 4 i' 44 sevenfI f 4lavs has
s ithfl'L' i ' 1;,t iii , i, IIIL 4' ns le
11. Iut ( llt. we44 t';-s 1 rops toii hitirn co rbi
'9 i i'aly. 41.\i'' ri)n f.i veii'f been i'4 loc l in
ut 54, u tr.m-r, itt whe ihey4iL ocei r re v'i.1
ly 4444r |i-t s 1i fluo1441 iit. l on 11e i'v r.
y| 1|| still se i'i itigs lie l'i s we' 14 t' e
Jr 'li 1. The 0 he iis fIll occ' rr. i i n'i ihe
1411 i iiit' N ' iti us th il.| taiyli 'till ies
of Il ll1. ItI.Il, ('li i iN, si)4()r;t4ge
il blirg.t hi' r;'tif fi 11 a p.'4ii f .otglitb'ri th-y
f - illtr uis is ilt.ie y b ;y ( I4] i(' .L
Ili irii iht u i t to will fi di v orin-o tr
4' i l t.h t' 41 -Vil t-~'il et 14. \\'ff l li ids i\;ff
toIT'I ivg!ti 1144' strikrevgi444tS hem-'
gtillo'iliig (r,':bilrg Weilt'ity, j41 fiy pi
I ( hI i No ti ' s li ress I -XIoiig t t . '|'hes
1.1v\ Ii ;~tilelii hen to his11 w rk.b v ligNe
t ~ Ie g i4.'fi, I)ii, 2whii-i1. nuinot' w r; e
[ t ho'li wfy| .\iitiylo r ert arit' to
rturnt o I e l i. mt ly thbiy t'a rtil
f,li re;t,aiilie tilliLt' ;read jof w ith
11 raw lilti ' t. vhe i n i rcfie ; i i t b the.
Q1 liig Ilear ''ihe tils, li,;jir, beigiele
-ot gF1L)fnyi fniok 1.or(t i5- o, t ,h t tghori
S. ith ida i(s os ts |''lili.t I iw
"DUE'" MEETZC LYNCHED IN LEXING
TON COUNTY.
S11"lpec'e(I ofiltirnoing iilm(pj 1wn1onsewn
1"'hl Hi W110 M11r1 Two Chiledren siept
- -Thtreat 4 A,-a IinsPt Other P'ermonim
liciddledl With 1'.u11tM.
COI,X.MBIA, S. U.,.il It ._]V e at
the hand of' a muob. Anothier lyneihina
has been wided to the record 01 Lexin
ton Cmiuity. Earlyyesterday morning
news reached Coluiml.a that "Dub"l
Mee!z i had baen hunted down and
Iynched by a mob between 9 and 10
('04lock Sunty night at his old home in
Luxington County, about seven miles
From( Columbia. About a year ago a
wariant was issued against Meetze in
this C'tinty I-)r forgery and one in Lex
Inl-Lonl ('otil, for horse-etealing. Ie
was captured in Florida and brought
I)ick and put in jail. The cases against
h111m Were comI1111prolised and dropped
S1)'11 e x' VNpresR condition that he would
leave the SLatO* frever. le wats released
it-t went away. 'Iie circumstances of
Ids traitui end, as -athered by a Register
reporter yestcrday rom citizens of the
nighborhood, are as f*ollows.:
Meetze had Ilade threat.s to burn his
own house anud the houses ot several
people Who inl'ormItled a1--atinlst hitu in the
hiorse-.4waling matter andl( hadl threaten
NI also to kill others. IIe had gone
twity, however, aini the counllill ity felt
t ease. A letv flays ago it was rumored
that lw bhil cw-it. b:iek and was hiding
ronild I., I'mo n ' hood. The cIt
ens were at l-i, . -t iid to a fe"eling of
I l suspellsu', 1. wmg at what
[ime it hutise would I)- oarned or somie
wily killed firo it anibush. L t,L Wednes.
I ly niIhit Mevtz's nouse Was barned
lown andl his wil'e ail(I two children nar
rmy e"e:tped bwin- burned to :eath.
The ltar- (it the coimun-ty were still
1urtr aroused by this and every one
it,1 vet-Ltin that It was Meetze's work,
alid questimll Was Whose loUSe WOUld be
lteXL. ''lhe peoj,le then began to look
411t 1>r M %e.- Sanl ty i >rm il,
While the I ngregation was at service at
/41 Church, a colored girl went there
ii a si e-11 c. ilsider-lible exuitemenit and
Lol the )U >)e that she had seen Meetzb
in the Wor)(Is nlear tho house ol' \lr. An
Irw3(1 irik, Whose houscie was includedl
i t e t114 ol thom, thlre1ttene(-d to be
burneld.
Tiht .C)pi at 4e resiolveil to Insh
uLe an da z:d searc For Neetze.
wo1111 Lhev re-,,arded ats anl1 outlaw aid
01, whom they were afrail. They sent
Ir Shi Dl Dralts and the search began
at once. Alter searching until about 9
o'l+Ok withomt avail, the p)sse stopped
tor the ih1101t, i.oiing to their homes.
.ril i rai.s was at Mr. Lxrick's
hotie, and Wirtl v alterwards he and
Mir. I,-)rick heard Romec shootin,g over in
the tirect.ion of' Meetz3's house, which
had beenl burned. In company with
Mr. L-rick, the Sherill went to the place
and look,--d around, but no one v'a1s to
be seen. A groan was heard. They
asked who it wats and(] the reply came
Lhatt it was Meetze. Going in the (iree
Lion ol the groan, they came upoi Mee(ze
lying a fFew yardi froml the barn in the
agomws ofi1t a1earflil denta.lh. There lie lay
in the dark niglit, with no one near.
1is shivers 1f1d lIed. Who they were,
3it) IM knew. Meelz wa- able to talk
a litfe and14 beg or' Wat.er, bt . 1d not
say wiho sholt, hhn11. 1ie is r'eportedi i)
have 5 144 thait hC <hid not, 'urn his house
444 M m iay nigght. In a liti L w1Ic~ hile lhe
brl-atheld his last. The repor',er was
uinable to liearn I roml any sounrce whether
t hie.e wajs an yprooftil,at, Meetze Durned
his hoiaise bIo hyli1is threat and the con.
so' lientI susp icioni that restedi upon him.
li'om all1 that co1013id be learned COnl
eer1'!ntg his triiiC 0end, it appears evi
dletit t iat, lie dIied itt the halnds of' the
344 'ileC amnIllg whlomi 1he Was raised, be
4'-iuise they fearedl him , iandl it is 83a34
tha there. is nlo w a feechng ol relief inl
that coni41nulnitV that he is daad. As lie
lay 4)n theC ground inl his ownl b)00lio e
p resentede a : satd sp)cltacle indeedC(. IIis
r|4 ilhes weire rat.med and thie ibottoms of
his shIo4I' 'Vere wo)rn ofl. Yesterday
mriniIiIji' a cro'(wd ol' his forme.' neigvh
Il >rs were giathlered ahou t him11 as he lay
Chi and34 still in deiithi. His body was
'( 'ornier wvas not.i Iled a1t10 a jury of' in
*I4'p4 Its smummned13(. Dir. L~eaihart,
343:441 the4 pos)~t mor)itest.i exanmination.
.i Th leIst ser3ious5 wouind was ini his
rIh sal it, 1331was initieted with a shot
un A inumbehr ol shot, also passed(
throuih h4is right,I hand, which appeared
to4 hav been 1411 aginitst, hia side whien the
wooniii waIs made. T1here was a wound
mi the stom1achl a11 0310eim thIe left
Min 44ubler'. A 3)it,>l b:til split his scalp)
mII 0 ihe Jlt side of his face was filled
withI shtil. Alter tile inry had viewed
311 he~ )boy 1m314 thle ost, mortem examina
1t)1 11on 1 )had 1 benmade, the body was
turne o314~ver1 to his bilrothler, Mr. .J. H.
Mi! 't', will 2:1r3 iell it, 1.o his home at
.4 Xingtonm Court llouse. Th'ie inry of
m,p1iest Spenit some)1 timel ini myes',igating
the case5(, bt,t secutred 1no evidence on
which to) reach11 ai lonchtsion1 and1( their
v:rl'4i4t wias that, ''Dub'' Meetze came
to llas deait,h by lunIshIot, wounhds att the
hands41 ol Personls tunknIown.
TJhe bumeralI services will be held1( to
dhay and( the0 remamllts will be0 bulried at
l'tler's ChIurchl, a iewv miles above Lex
mlg tonm. " I )ub'' Meetz,e will ha remem
bered ias tile m)anj who was mnixed upl in
the l toule which resultedl in Jatmes I.
(lark beinlg killed in Columbia b)y W.
1B. Meetze.-Itegist,er.
314ad MaI 4134 031 ai Muscile.
pre'cuhiar assault, Was commilted 4)n the
be ach11 here. Catin A brahamltl) Baiker,
01ne of' the t.est known cottagers here,
sirick n iiiollensive youngl man11 in) tile
faice. In explaining his at,ion, Capmmn
Bkker says thait he is a11man3 of unuslSll
vigor and vitahity and thait, weiaker men
are drawn toward hlim, and that lie can
not, r'esist the0 Leml,tation to 1)unch1 theIr
heads1.. 'Thle cata1linI says , liat hie Is no
lunatic, bu1t, that lie is simply ahead of'
times41. Ile cilaimes to iiave killed 16
menCi in hiis life, and says lhe will sboot
thie first man wf o att empts to arrest
hii n.