Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ARMY OF PACIFICATION PASSES INTO HISTORY General Order Issued by Major Gen eral Barry Puts an End to its Existence. Habana, April 1.-A general order issued by Maj. Gen. .Barry this morn ing brought an end to the existence of the army of pacification in Cuba, as such, and at 10 o'clock the transports gmner and McClellan, with the last of the American soldiers on board, left the arsenal docks for Newport News. Gen. Barry's last order sim ply announced the fact of .the- disband ing of the "army." Gen. Barry boarded the steamer Mascotte for Tampa. The American troops leave Habana in splendid shape. Only three men failed to report for the final roll call. NEGROES SUSTAIN PRESIDENT. Delegation From Mississippi Promis es Cooperation in Taft's Policy as Outlined in Address. Washington, April 1.-A delegation of negroes from Mississippi, compris ing bankers, business. men, lawyers and eduedtors, called at the White House today to tender to President Taft whatever assistance they could render in helping him to work out the policies rutlined by him in his inaug ural adaress. The visit 1had to do sole ly with the so-called negro problem in the South. In his address to the president the chairmean of the delegation said: "Like. you, we do not believe that any satisfactory and lasting results can be reached without the coopera tion of the representatives of the more than 10,000,000: negroes who are the bone of contention; like you, we do not believe that any satisfactory and lasting results can be obtained with out the approval and cooperation of the dominant race, the whites, in our section, and any policy that makes for peace between us, that means to bring us more closely.together so far as the public is concerned and the g4neral uplift -o' our section, and in that uplift the uplift of the naion as well, is much desired by us, and our presence here is to assure you that the negroes of Mississippi will do their part sin bringing about the de sired ends,\and hope not to so conduct ourselves a.t any time as to embarrass your well begun administration.'' COLUMBIA MUSIC FESTIVAL. To Be Held April 22 and 23-A Num ber of Attractive Features. Special Railroad Rates. Special to The Herald and News. C~olumbia, S. C., April 1.-April 22nd, 23rd, are the dates for the Co lumbia music festival to be held in the Columbia theatre, under the aus pices of the 'Columbia Musica:1 asso c:ation. As the keynote in a series, the fes tival of 1909 demands the best. The best 'has been secured is'assured with *the announcement that Jomelli, Lan 7gendorff, Lawson and Hastings have been engaged to sing at the three con /certs with the world renowned Dres den Philharmonic orchestra 65 men, Willy Olsen, conductor. The 'engagement of the famous -Dresden orchestra 'has attracted the attention of the whole music 'world to the Columbia music festival. It was necessary to obtain royal permis sion for the orchestra to make this long trip to America and so many dif ficeulties had to be overcome that it is doubtful if the trip would have been arranged 'had it not been for the efforts of Victor I. Clark, associate conductor. Columbia is indeed for tunate to be listed among the cities booked for the spring tour. Attractive features of the festival wHi be the mixed chorus of over two hundred voices, Mr. Geo. S. Kittredge, of the College for Women,j director; and the children's chorus of two 'hun dred voices, Mr. W. G. Utermoehlen, of Columbia college, director. As the time for the festival ap proaches increased interest is being taken in the great event. For several weeks past Manager F. L. Brown has been receiving numbers of mail orders and it is believed from the present utlook that the sign, "S. R. 0.'' will e shown 'at each performance. Be ginning' today season tickets will be sold for a few days only. Box seats. $5 and -$6: orchestra $5; balcony. $5. $4. $3; gallery,. $2. Mail orders filled in order received. Lo cal checks must be drawn, with ex change, payable to F. L. Brown, busi ness manager of the Columbia Musi cal association. Form all stations in South Carolina the usual special railroad rates will be given and Columbia is making ready to welcome a "regular fair week erowd.'' for the calendar is well filled .and eaeh day will he crowded with events of interest. Art students, and all interested in the work that is being done in South e- collges reioice to know that the 4econd Arit. aud Crafi- exhibit will be held in the studio of the College for Women, April 20th-23d. Foremost artists of the day will send painting and there -will be over one hundred canvasses on exhibition, in addition to the display of craft work; to whieb all South Carolinians are especially requested to contribute. April 22nd-23rd there will be a stu dents' art exhibit at Columbia college, Wednesda: 21st, automobile races; Wednesday, 21st, Tarantella german; April 22nd, 23rd, 24th, baseball: Jack sonville vs. Columbia. The most bril liant social event of the week will be the ball given by the Columbia Festi val club on the opening night of the festival. Many out of town guests will be welcomed at this ball which will rival -in brilliancy the annual State balls, and be the most notable event of the social season in Colum bia. J A. F. BARRETT WILL RETIRE. President of Farmers' Union Yearns For Simple Life-Has Written Book. Charles -S. Barrett will not serve again as president of the National Farmers' union. When the national meeting of the union assembles in September, prob ably in Seattle or Walla Walla. Wash. President Barrett will preside for the last time over the deliberations of the greatest organization of farmers this country ever saw. He is fixed and immovable in his determination to retire and not even a unanimous re-election would move him to acceptance. In this determi nation he has the backing of Mrs. Bar -rett, the good wife who has been. ac cording to Mr. Barrett, the strongest and most helpful factor in every sue cessful undertaking of his life. For five rears Charles Barrett has given of his time and talents unstint ingly to build up to a wise and sane basis this organization. Himself a teacher and farmer, -he knows the men .of hi, organization as few men do or can. Strong -and wirv as a tem pered steel spring, he has toiled night and day, traveled thousands upon thousands of miles, worked, talked, organized, left his home, with the sweet-faced mother and the fiv fine boys, for months at a time. But not even sinews of steel and nerves as steady -as a rock could stand the strain always. So, neaw lines have come into his face, and those who know him best and love -him most see that lhe some times combats himself to prevent a breakdoavn, even harder than he com bats the things he knows are wrong. He doesn't talk about it -himself. He is made of sterner-stuff than that. His reasons do not concern directly him self. ''It is time for -new blood to take hold and -push things -along,'' he says. ''Besides, I think I owe something to my family. For five years practically my entire time h-as been .given over to t-he cause of the union. Three years I have spen.t as the head of the union, and that work -has taken me away from home more than two-thirds of the time. In these years five lusty bovs have fallen to the care of my wife. She is strong and brave ana capable enough to hold them down, but I think they are getting up now where they need the curb~ of a man' hands. I don't think they are bad boys, but all boys need the c.heck rein. Will Still Work, of Course. ''In all these years my wife has not murmured. She h-as lived much of the time 'alone with her little ones, has eared for our property and has been at all times my wisest aid and counsellor. But my duty lies at home now, I feel assured, and it is time for me to give 'the lines over to some one' else. I do not wish the impression to grow- that I shall cease my interest in and work for the un:ion. I shall work j-u-st as hard -and just as earnest lv as ever for the cause, because I know that 'the organization is right and the most significant upliflht move meiit t-his country -has ever seen sfor the tillers of the soil." For three successive years Mr. Bar rett has been the head of the Nation al union. and thrice lhe was elected unanimously. The authoritative state ment that ;he is to retire is sure to hring a storm of protest throughout the wide sweep of land where the union is organized. That he could and would be re-elected unanimously is believed by every one. But 'he is going to retire. And when Charlie Barrett says so, von may count on it. He left home Thursday for Jackson. Miss., where lie will meet State lead ers in an 'important conference. H-e will also meet there a delegation of anfiof nmembel)rs from Calijforni. who o there to confer with him. Pre%ident Barrett has comp leted a book on the history of the Farmers' nion and the manuscript is now in the 'hands of printers. It will be is sed early in May and will be a most imporant contribution to the history of the farmers' movement. The work bristles with effective truths. The author does not hesitate to .hit straight from the shoulder. The prediction is made that the work will create a sensation when published. rLAMES SWEEP FORT WORTH. Property Valued at $450,000 Sacrific ed to Blaze-At Least One Life LoS. Fort Worth, Tex., April 3.-Start ing in a barn presumably from a care lessly thrown cigarette, fire this af ternoon burned over 20 blocks in the residence section of Fort Worth, de stroving four churcies, over 200 res idences, and the round house and ma chine shops of the Texas & Pacific railroad. Tonight it is impossible to secure estimates of losses and insur ance whi.ch are in any degree accurate, for the reason that those who suffered scattered widely, seeking shelter wher ever they could find it, and it will be a day or two before the full extent of the personal losses are known. Texas & Pacific railroad officers place tire company's loss at $250,000. The losses to church property include the Broadway Baptist and the Meth odist churches, their losses being -es timated conservatively at over $200, 000. From Annie sircet on the south be tween Jennings and Calhoun streets, everything was swept clean to the Texas & Pacific railroad res3rvati:n. Here a strip of unoccupied territ:ry about 700 feet wide checked the flam es and saved the business section of the city from destruction a's the fla"a es were fanned by a stiff wind and all efforts to stay the progress of the flames Ld bee! unavailing. At ist one 1."t v as lost and it m1vy be !::-u .:hers . caught in the f-n. Six peonlie ;vcre sweuIsly injured )ut they will -recover. iPROTEST AGAINST DUTY ON SULPHATE OF POTASH Lever a.ud Ellerbe Say Important In gredient of Fertilizer Should be on Free List. The .State. Washington, April 3.-Representa tives Lev-er and Ellerbe both made speeches in the house today protest ing against the duty on sulphate of potash, which, while nominally on the free list in the Payne bill, is sub ject to a practically prohibitive duty on account of a "joker.'' Sulphate of potash is the most im portant ingredient of the fertilizer used on the farms of the South. LONGEST ROAD IN THE WORLD. Cap~e-to-Cairo. Railway to Be Corn pleted. in Three Years. F. von Gheel Gildemeester, chief enzineer of the Cape Town-Cairo Railway syndicato. now in charge of the~ operations wHjeh, within a few years. will form the connecting link between North andf South Africa. is stonn)in2g at the Waldorf-Astoria. lie is in the UTnited States to make a study of the railway systems of this country. "In the Cape Town-Cairo Rail war.'' said M. Gildemeester, to a New Yrk Times reporter. "there is at uresent a stretch of about 2,500 miles to be completed. It lies between Khar toum. in the British Egyptian Sudan, to Broken Hill, a point in Rhodesia. FOR II DEVOTEES OF e DAM E F; SHION ti 3) *349 AflaV3 NVOIH3WV d ti< 25 FOR MAIDE OR MATRON It is estinated that this remamingi mileage will be completed within three years, and then the longest railroad in the world, covering in the aeighbor hood of 6,400 will be finished. "What do I estimate the total cost to be? Very close to E200,000,000, or about $1,000,000,000, I should say, but a comparatively small amount when it is considered what a glorious thing it will be for Africa, one of the great est and richest countries of the world. It will be possible for the traveler to journey from-Berlin or Paris to Care Town in ten or eleven days-just think of that! And then it will open up a country that is rich in almost everything in the mineral world 0o1d, silver, copper and' diamonds. What else they will find there remains to be seen. "It's a great work, this building of the longest railway, and what i' Gail means to Africa and the world is not fully appreciated. I am afraid. To thU business man, to be found everywhere, and especially those having affairs in Africa, it will be a wonderful thing. Where now, in traveling from Paris for example, he is compelled to take a long sea trip, he will be able, after the completion of the road, to take train to Brindisi, Italy, thence to boat to Alexandria, Egypt, and a short journey to Cairo, where he will take the train that will land him in Cape Town. at the southern extreme of Af rica, all in eleven days. Just -tt t he present time we are working in a rather disagreeable country-that is to say, a country which has a fair climate, but fever is quite prevalent. The engineers on the work are Ger man, American. and English, with, of course, the Kaffir as the laboring fae tor. CALL AT Broaddus & Ruff's to get your Easter :arS and Ve--m FREE TRIP to' te PXCIFIC COAST A YOU on WASNON f te Man thus ;J ans who want to ORE00N explore th won derland ? ? ? ? SUNSET MAGAZINE. * has instituted anew department, whose special work it is to put within the reach of every one an opportunity to .ee the FAR WEST. Write for Sample Copy.... ..... 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