The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 05, 1887, Image 1
VOL JI. 't. x NDON COUNTY, S. C., WAEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a NO.6.
TE AGitLr-s L1t 'u
CAPTAIN TAcL1 \N's iMVIEW 01 lii l'
- ARGUE'ANTS ON TilE QUESTION.
He Invites a Full Discu'ion of the Suidect
and Predicts a Victcry for the Frien-.s of
the Proposed Intitutier.
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
In my previous lette'rs I have at one time.
or another answered or forestalled every
argument which has cver lbeen advarced
against the separate agricultural collge,
and it is disagreeable to have to go over
the same ground again. But the c -
nents of such a school in South Carta,
who realize and see that the idea is gin
ing ground rapidly and surely, coniue
to repeat the threadbare and unteaie
arguments against it that have at various
times been advanced by "Carolinian,"
Capt. Paul Hammond and otherq. I
therefore feel constrained to again take
part in the "controveioy" or "disus
sion," whichever it may be called.
It is gratifying to note the fact that we
have driven our adversaries to abat don
tLeir first mode of attack, in which ridi
cule and personal abuse were nainly
relied upon. "ID.," the late-t knight
who couches a lance in behalf oi the
waning cause of the "agricultural annex"
and whose articleshave recently appered
in The News and Courier, says the un es
ion of the "education of our youths
should be approached seriously, gravely,
earnestly, reverently." Most assuredly,
and I agree with him that, in dealing
with this question, "a blunder may be
worse than a crime." I contend that the
blunder and crime both have beei al
ready committed, and that alone has
moved me to undertake and continue the
agitation known as the "farmers' move
ment." If I have at times overstepped
the bounds of that "serious, candid, dis
passionate discussion" for which "D."
pleads, I have had provocation enoagh,
as your readers well know, and I have
always acted on the defensive. I claim
to have been actuated by an "earnest,
patriotic spirit," and with reason, fa::ts
and arguments to fully sustain my poPsl
tior. I have only indulged in invcetive
or sarcasm to repel personal assaul, oi
when I felt that the injustice praet'c-3 I
against farmers required merited reb-,ke.
I and all the friends of a real farmers
college and of agricultural advance'i -nt
.a South Carolina are ready and aiW US
z meet our antagonists in fair delet,
shether in the newspapers or befor the
people, and we challenge them to a "ont
discssion" of the issues presented. W e
haye nothing to lose and everthing- to1
gain by such a discussion, and w ile
their trained intellects arnd oratorical
ability may and does give them the
vantage, relying on common sen-.e and
the justice of our cause, we court t-e 1
contest. Truth dreads darkness rather
than light, and we feel that we have both
truth and justice on our side.
As Chairman of the Executivo C.,a
mittee of the Farmers' Association, I
hereby extend an invitation and challenge
to the Board of Trruttes of the South
Carolina College and to the Board of:
Agriculture to appoint speakers to rep re
sent them, and we will do likewise; -ui
we will further agree to get up mass
meetings of farmers to hear the cause
and decide who is right. It will come to
this at last, and it had just as well come
to it at once; for, as "D." says: "South
Carolina has always been and probably
always will be an agricultural State, and
it is a manifest necessity that this prob
lem be solved with correctness and solved
'with dispatch."
The wise disposition of the H-atch ap
propriation, which will de-volve upon the
L egilture at the next session, renders
it all the more necessary that no more
mistakes be made; and if the lawyers
and "the once lordly planters" expect to
wats that money as the land scrip fund
and privilege tax are now being wasted,
and as the two experimental stations
promise to waste it, it must be after an
other election has shown that the major
ity of the farmers are of their own way
of thinking. It will not do to rely upon
the esprit de corps of the lawyers in the
Senate to decide the matter contrary to
the wishes of the common farmers.
Many of the "once lordly planters" are
now common farmers, conscious of the
errors of their own training, and Boeur
bonism will yet learn that neither class
partisanship nor political trickery can
shake us off. Let "D." and his frienas
who are fighting to sustain the "anne-x'
and agricultural bureau, meet us on the
stump and allow the whole ease to be
presented. If the farmers then decide
that the South Carolina College shall
stand as it is, we will submit, but not
till then.
In the meantime, I will endeavor to
answer the arguments "D." has preseinted
as going to show that the South Carolina
College is now carrying oilt the Federal
law in good faith, and "fulfilling its re
quirements more fully than the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of Muis
sippi." In the first place, until this
agitation began there was really no agri
cultural or mechanical feature attached
to the South Carolina College. President
McBryde's executive duties absorbed a:l
his time and energies, and nothing has
been done and no change madeint be
curriculum since August, 18'85, excep-t t.
employ an adjunct professor of agricul
ture and erect a small machine shop in
which applied mechanics are taught ba
the naval otlicer who is detailed by the
United States Government for that p~ur
pose. Everything else is on the so
old basis, and the whole bias and eneet
of the training has been towards in:
professions and away fromn the farm; -
the fact cannot be den'ied that the im.
c;hanical department~ has developed r atae
in the agricultural.
Now "DL." concedes that Sut xi.0
.ana is an agricultural State and lia i
to remlin itso." Shall we' th-enr~t eL
tent with a little mechan'icI train:
along with the clas-ical and litr.:r;
courses, as being the best to l n
youths (10 or 15 a year, for b'cmi
farmers? If agriculture is now our moal
business, and there is such competi~
among the professons-alreadyov7
flowing-that there is only -xroom at th
top," why should this agricalturl 1ta'
devote all its energies towairds ydcat ~P:
more non-productrs, by gimnsz t-ei.
such a "liberal" education tha tue
soorn work and seek to live b y the swn
of somebody else's brow~? Have we nel
11 -", , f- .'L
mi"ie 1eans ofl Cgeme',n t of the
'-ain, but who havenliV Ough to
-1a protitably, ar d threrefore deert the
old hLOmet o tina a - i to
ifaticulturc i.; our princip al bu'.e*.s
rhy i'ot dut eWhy rot de
VoA all th "muey we can spqrc to Lrain
f' farmers and rens-the first
d!eve)o our agriculture, the others to
esabis manu' eturs -aong us anidj
t s io twyers, pnla5c:S and
doctrs r--- cut" -No' a bit of dag.r
\n-ralFuran.Erkie Hlarvard.
NNl' rir:tet E'hosnd e. .eIsica n
r r inettio at oe and abroad
wiH k.te sn l
iiu v, y'some adL&e".t of Dr. Thlorn
wdi. ther wil not be 'homgcon.
lublie rien thus trained will not be
united, they will not think aliko, &c., &c.
T.here would be no nucleus for a "ring.'
I grant you; and there would be a healthy
current of new thought and diverse opi
nions brought baek which might in time i
evolve SCm statesman who can show us i
a way to rebuild our shattered fortunes.
without depending on "Northern capital 1
and brains" alone. The only Carolinian
who has a wcrld-wide fame got his du- I
cation outside the State, and it is easy to I
believe that if more of our public men
had been thus educated there would be
less of provincialisms, stagnation and i
self-idolatry among us. The South Car
olina College has produced some great'
men. but it is sad to see many of its <
alunni and faculty opposing progress
and fighting the battle of Bourbonism.
The Rev. John Jesper swears the "sun
do move." So-me men in high plaees in
South Carolina are ready to say to the 1
Ninetectth century, "Stop, stand stiil!" <
But I have got switched off from ")."I
and his arguments, and I will try to get I
back. I will only say that the South
Carolina College has descended from the
high place upon which Dr. Thornwell
sought to anchor it, and mixing m'ehan
ie:. and maual labor in evei so sna.l a.
tree with its purely mental training is
ragingitsmantle-in the dust for money,
dl trying to ccompl sh the ehencai
impossibility of m=ixig oil and water.
The classiaal -nd literary elemcnts have
.Uwaysq overshladowed and swallowed up 2
'.nv t ehnical or mractical annex in every i
mixed school or college that has ever
tried it: and so it has been, and will c'n
tinue to be, in this State. I defy '"D." t
or any one else to refute the assertion. I
And now I rumke another, namely, that 2
not five per cent. of the graduates of the i
literarv colleges and universitics ever
farm. I have abundant proof if any one
dimputes the iaet. The matter then re- i
solvs itself into this shape: A college <
which hopes or intends to educate non
who will return to the farm must do two
Jings Fir.,t. make agriculture its lead- I
ing feature, and second, rcquire manuali
Labor during the whole course of study. I
Now, "D." was so rash as to claim t Lat
the South Carolina College is carring i
out the Fcderal law more fully than the
ississippi College, because it has in a i
small way developed its mechanical au
nex, and because, as he alleges, the Mis-I
sissippi College does not ailord a "libe- i
ral educat-on.
Everv reader of The News and Courier
is familiar with the clause of the Act o:
16:2, which describes the kind of colkge
intended to be cstablished. It e~gressly
states that its "leading object shail be to
4ea-h such branches of learning as are
related to agriculture and the wcehniC
arts,"&C. "Leading! leading! Au .UNG!" 4
I write it in capitals so 'D." and all hisI
brother sophists can see it. When tLa-y
come to construe that oft-repeated sen-(
tence tbey never see "leading" at all.
They cannot attach any meaning to <
"ractical," but jump with gladdened :
hearts to the wolds, "Witho-:t excludingf
elassical studies." and "Liberal," al
though these words are only an excres
ence, and not essential to understand
the sentence.
Then, again, they seize on the words
to "p~romfote the education of the indus
trial classes in the several pursuits and
rofessions of life"-' several pursuits1
and professions." Herecis warrant enough
for teaching anything. But who is to be<
taught? The sons of "once lordly plan
ters?" The sons of lawyers and rich men,
such as constitute the bulk of the students
at the South Carolina College? Oh, no!
The "industrial classes," says the h~w
Well, wtho are the industrial classes in
South Carolina? "D." has answered this
question for me. He says, "We are an
agricultural people and likely to remta i
so in spite of booms," &c. This Fedend ,
money was donated to establish a col
lege-mnark you, .nut an "annex" to a1
university-whose leading object shouldi
be to teach the children of the industrial
classes to become good farmers and me-1
chanics. The classics were not to be|
"excluded" if it was found practicable1
and the money held out. M1ilitary tac
tics were "included" and provision made
for sending an officer of the United States
army to teach them.
"Liberal" is a mountain, ":practical' a
mole-hill, in ".ses."Leading" he
cannot see. He is willing for the "orcee
lordly planter's" son to steal the poor
farmer boy's chance for an education,
but "military tactics" arc beneath his
notice. What has 'oecomeC of this armay
>icer and his military tactics, oh '-D.?"
Is Ia. at the South Carolina College man
facturing "dudes?" "Oh, no; hei
a our miitary~ branch in Charlestoin.
WXhat ishe doing there and why wasn'
he land scrip funa appropriated to you
miitary bra-nch Imitatthig my goo
frend, for I have r edly faikcn in lon
vith 'D., " lhe is s "candid," and "tar
Ld a ispassionateand fair. :?, I w il
piuse for as reply." but then the- mil
ry~ branchL rn. -c ihllog the Fecder:
Law ad edct g-' te chiidren ofia
'intial'i cla->:'s to be co' * fi'-mes
LetusLe.I .L nI.1 C in aT
aminig. The ret a-e>t.:io :
pusisa p:ofesaions o' li . A
e . "agitur'- ano bttr thi thie
lasical antdL li'-r brthra: at ou
ie has everythling -' ct to 1' a, w. far
-is chosen occupatnon is coueern.., ana
knows nothing of either the science or
practire o: in:muing. lHad he graduako
Wt woul be 'he b:'y at Columbia ilin
in the saade of thle noble tree on th<
campus, aW a puts only his head to school.
The bov in Charleston puts his head and
legs to 'chcol, and his hands also becom"
most expert in handling a rifle; but rifle.
don't ass.t him to get a living after h
graduates. The boy in Mississippi puta
lieud, legs, hands and eyes to school.
The whole boy is taught, and he is taugh1
how to farm on a farm by men who kno%
to "do what they teach," not by "book
farmers" and theorists. He never is al
lowed to lose the habits of industry ant
svmpathy with labor he brings with him
froi his humble home, but continues
daring two or three hours of each day to
hoe, to ditch, '"to ork mnr, to milk,
to make butter, to ieed stoJi, to graft, to
bud, t - prune, ;d di a housand things
or see the m done that will be of benellt
in after life.
It will have ?Veen rcticed that "."
1 al of his brethren never omit in
Liir category of labors the "forking of
uianure." Tinis is tOo degrading in their
yes for any white boy to do while at
chool, and should be "taught at home."
Now, of all things on Southern farms
this thing of making and handling and
sowing barn-vard manuro is most ne
leeted and least understood, while it is
h very life an essence of good farmiug.
Ehe average farmer knows nothing about
t and cannot therefore teach his son at
lomc. But the cditor of the Columbia
legister, who is "D.'s" ally, has discov
red that "manual labor and attention to
he details of farm work are inconsistent
with an advanced and comprehensive
urriculum "That the students cannot
ommand the time or nervous energy to
>roperly master both."
Tins is news indeed, and Col. Thomas'
ong experience as an educator gives it
reat weihlt. Unfortunately he has had
o experience along that line and it is
)ly liis opinion. Let us see what those
nen think who have been studying and
eaching agriculture. On the 8th of July
ast "The National Association of Teach
rs of Agriculture and Horticulture" m?et
Lt the University of Illinois. There were
resent representatives of the land-grant
olleges of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,. Mizh
Kan, Insas, Iowa and Missouri. They
dopted, after full discussion, with one
lissenting vote, the following resolution:
"Resolved, That we favor regu!ar,
ompulzory labor by students on our ag
icultural college farms, but before that
t should be required only so far as it is
lesigned to be instructive."
The opponents of the separate agrieul
ural college caunot, or will not, under
tand that the labor is insisted on for two
casns-1irbt, as a as of practical
latration iad instruction just as mcedi
al students are taught anatomy in the
is;cting room, or law studente prac,:iee
n the moot courts before going into the
ourt house. Bu-t mainly because if the
tudei.nt 1t that formative period of life
los nothing for four years but study
;ooks and cultivate the mind, no three
n a hundred will ever return to the fa:m,
v-here manual labor and physical energy
re absolutely essential to success. Tis
s the whole thing in a nutshell. "D."
ays: "It is a question of taste whether
t is better for the farmer's son to pay
noney in college to learn law than to
Iork manure, cut wood, &c." There is
o taste in the matter. To educate farm
rs experience has shown that labor is as
ssential a p1rt of the curricahim as ehe
nistay or vegetable physiology, and it is
)tter to even "fork manure" than to
af or play poker and billiards, or smoke
igarettes to kill time.
I will notice only one other point that
'D." makes-viz: that the Mississippi
ollege "attracts by its cheapness as
nuch as by its agriculture." We will
rant this, if you please, but if the South
2aroina College only turns out less than
le "book" farmers to the hundred gra
luates, while those of Michigan and
Iississippi can show fifty per cent. who
arm, it is enough to prove that in this
'agricultural State" a college like these
wo is more needed and would be of
~rater benefit than five South Carolina
olleges. But the bonus paid students
or their labor at these two colleges is
alld the "meal tub that contains the
p," and we are twitted with having set
ip a "barrier across the pathway of the
south Carolina boy" because we were
ppsed to- free tuition in the South
Jarolina College except to indigent
rouths.
The bill drarwn by me last winter to
stablish an agricultuiral and mechanical
~ollege in this State, but not introduced
or good reasons, called for tuition fees
not to exceed forty doihars,"lbut allowed
tree tuition to those unable to pay. It
s natural to suppose that the co.llege
ould be practically "free," except for a
ewv students. Suppose we shall demand
hat it be absolutely "free" to all, will
:he charge of inconsistency and class
egislation be thrown at us? Of course,
iut with how little reason. There would
ae no competition between the agricul
:ural and mechanical college and the de
aominational colleges, and consequently
ao injustice. The class of students-poor
larmers' sons-who would mainly fill up
che agricultural college would never think
f trying to go to the South Carolina
College or to the denominational col
Leges, and if m'en who are able choose to
send their sons there let them pay for it
>s they do at Columbia.
"D." saves his best shot for the last
md winds up as follows: '"Yet 1hv is a
'ublic sentiment that would not tolerate
free tuition only in the South Carolina
College going t'o be brought to the point
of teaching a youth free a 1d paying hiu
besides? I[ pause for a reply." You
shall have it, my friend, with a venge.ance.
You have forgotten something. South
Crolina'dues some queer things at time.
D)id y ou ever near of a scehool callkd the
'itadel located in Charleston? Do yo
know that in orde~r to educ ite sixtyeght
or boys this lit'le- tt of South Caro
la spends go00 a year, and Lot only
ivntie free tui tion bu't boards and
o'ixs th' e Lides? Wht'r"ubi
eat ina 'ndorses it o not has neer
Lee an ma never be tested, but with
-its fet aring himw in th. ace, and the:
suowedgewlnh * no. uan hi~n fr-e
charge, that wOih a imlar' sun spent
>r' stud"nt laor i anidust-"al college,
tays b:e eucater thmslvs we wil nI t
d-par of brintag "pulict sentiment
0 o esat. an ah n ch a school.
-ih or withiout the conseur of~ "J)." ur a
i "ilorl?y" allies we are going to ho'.
.t, or' "tight it out on that linle" during
tozn summners.
opr', . .,Seteber R. Tr887.
I!erAdULptabil ilY to All :iinites and~
Conditi.>u.
It has frequently been remarked, says
the Jewish World, that the Jewish race
has a wonderful power of adaptation to
all climtes. Jews are found in all parts
of the globe, and seem to possess a very
temarkable faculty for acclimatization,
even under the most unfavorable circom
btances. Mcsopotamila is considered the
mother country of the Abrahamic family
as well as the jradle of the human race.
Some years ago a small colony of Jews
were found in the ancient city of Sennar,
in the South of MesopotaLia, and in the
vicinitv of ,LciLnt Babylon. Of the se
v families composing the colony, one
clainmed to be descended from King Joa
chim, the rcst from the house of Levi.
A clony of Jws apucar to hav- settled
in China about the bcginnig of the third
cetury of the Christian em, under the
dynasty of ilau. In 1704, Father Gon
zani, a Ron an Catholic missiona ry, found
seven Jewish families ncar Pekin. *
In 168G a Portuguese Jew of Amster
dam, named D.-Pavia, discovered a ahct
of Jews in Cochin China. According to
a tradition preserved among them, they
were descended from a tribe af Jews who
had quitted Palestine on the destruction
of the second temple. From their long
residence in Cochin they had become
completely bronzed. These are not the
same as tle Malabar Jews. The Jewish
traveler Benjamin, sometimes called Ben
jamin the Sceond, discovered a colony of
Jews, evidCrbv of Persian origin, in
Hindostau. They were known as "Bab
vlonian Jews," on account of their having
inigrated from Babylonia. They ob
served the cssential rites of Judaism, and
strictly avoided intermarriage with other
sects. In ihe beginning of the seven
teenth century a Jewish colony settled
in Cavenue, in the West Indies, one of
the most inhospitable climates in South
America. Cavenna was subsequently
conquered by the French, who made it a
penal settlement, and the Jewish colony
was forced to retire to Surinam.
Notwithstandingi frequent persecutions
0 r
Jews are still found in Persia, more es
pecially to the South of the Caspian Sea, f
where the soil is very fertile, but the cli
mate very unhealthy. The principal city
is Balprosh, whlere about 1o Jewish fa
milies reside in almost complete isolation.
They trade with their breturen in Great
fartary, and are engaged in the wool
and silk trade or in the sale of citrons.
They, too, trace their origin from the
Babylonian captivity; for, according to
a tradition still possessed among them,
their ancestors settled in Persia in the
time of Nebuchadnezzar, and did not re
spond to the appeal of Ezra to return to:
return to Palestine. Their mode of life
resembies that of the Persians in general.
They hold the beard in high esteem and t
wear long flowing robes. They have
several synaggucs, and obtain scro2s of
the law from Biagdad. The celebrated
African traveler, Mungo Park, found a
colony of Jewish families in the heart of
Africa, about So miles from the coast. r
It is, no doubt, this peculiarity of the 3
Jewish race which induced a Frenen
writer on "Medical Geography" to ex- j
press the opinion that "it is questionable f
whether the crossing of human varietits
confers on the issue constant advantages e
in relation to the species, for the Jewish
race seems in a wonderful manner capa- (
ble of adapting itself to every change of
climate, while others are scarcely able to
bear the least change."
The Jew is found in every part of the
world-in Europe, from Norway to Gib- y
raltr; in Africa, from Algiers co the
Cape of Good Hope; in Asia, from Co- a
chin to the Caucasus, irom Jaia to Pekin. t.
He has peopled Australia, and has given
proof of his powers of acclimatization y
under the tropics, when people of Euro- y
pean origin have constantly failed to j
perpetuate themselves, a
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SIA3l:.E AMAZOM.
1 King's Military Body Guard CompOsed
1-:ntirely of WVomen.
(London Cor. Chicago Trilbune.)
Among the other visitors to the exhi- C
bition has been the Prince of Siam, bro- a
ther to the King. He is a little man, has
an olive compiexion, black eyes, speaks
English perfectly and has chaimmfg man-'
ners. A'san example of one of the good I
results of the American exhibition, dur- 1
ing his visit he made a careful inspection 8
of the goods in the main building and j
spent thousands of dollars on the useful ~
things he saw which were up to the pre
sent time unknown to Siam. He gave
an order for 100 type-writers to one I
manufacturer, a large order for eafes to ]
another, orderd a steam engmne, four I
dozen carpet sweepers and a number of I
other ingenious things which attracted
his attention; so that these exhibitors f
have the sauisfaction of knowing that C
they have opened a market for them
selves in Siam at no greater expense than
going to the American exhibition. The
fashion having been set by the i'rince,.
large orders for all these goods he assured1
them would follow. It would therefore
aper tha~t the people in his country,
which very few of us stop to realize is
twice as large in its area as France, and
has a -oopulation of about 15,000,UU00
polare all making rapid strides to
ward modern civdlization.
F gave us some curious information,
however, about thle ling's amazons, the
ioyal Guard being composed entirely ofc
women. This battalion consists of 41)0,
chosen frem among the handsomest and
most robust girls in the country. They
receive excellent pay and their discipline
is perfect. They are admitted to serve
at the age of 1:3, and are placed in the
army of reserve at the age of :2>. From
that period they no longer serve about1
he King's person, but are employed to
guard the royaln palaces and crown lnL
Un enteriug the airily thle amazons ma e
a ow of chasti'ty, for which there is n
ezempiLon unl.s an of them enotT
1ttract the King's attention and be a'
mitted ataon'g his legitimate wrves. '.he
Kin c' choice seldom ialis on the mo~s
beautiul, but on the mnost skilled 'u
.z.iitay exceie. The costume thes
women wear is very rch. The full dre:
is a white woolenI robe e.mbroidered wn
i-old; the cloth is extremely ine and d'
lends as fas the knee; it is covered
with a light coat of mail and gilt cuiraw
The arms are free, and the head covered
with a gilt casqmue. W hen wearing thi
iress on state occasi ons their~ only we
pon i:- a lan ce, w ich th?ey handle with
:onderful dexteritv. Wi1th their andre
the are armedl with a musket. ThL
battalion is composed of four comipanier
aeh campany of 100l women commanded
the captain die the cormapiny i dru
during three dio by the Kie,: who a
points the most competent to sneCet k
the command.
The King of Siam never ur derthk
my expedition without being accomup
aied by his female guard, nor does I
aver hunt or even ride without an esco
>f the same guard, who !rre devoted
ittached to his person. Every neib
f the battalion has live negresses attz-!
d to her service, and, having thus L
lomestic occupation, she can devote he
elf exclusively to the duties of her pr
ession. There is a parade ground uca
he city, where one company is station
wo days every week, to exercise thet
elves in the use of the lance, pistol at
itle. The King attends once a mouth:
hose exercises, accompanied +y h
)rothcr, who shares in some degree ti:
overeign power, and distribut -s prizi
o those most deserving. When the deat
>f one of the parties ensues, the decease
eceives a magnificent funeral, and t:
igh priest pronounces a panegyric, d
laring that the deceased by her vak
Las merited eternal rest in the abode
he blessed. The survivor rece ves ti
ongratulatiors of her companions; bu
s a measure of discipline, is sentenec
o pass two months away from her con
any in fasting and prayer. The miiitar
irgatization of this battalion is so pa
ect that the entire army endeavore t
ritate it.
A MAD EN1NEER
toes at a Terrible speed and Wants t
Leap from a Window.
DES MoINES, IOwA, Sept. 29.-Firema
loberts of the Wabash road arrived her
'esterday on his train, and tells a thril
ag story of his experience with a ma
ngineer. When the train drew out c
his place Tuesday, Engineer Botswort
ppeared to be all right, but before thc
ad gone far Roberts* noticed that hi
ompanion acted queerly. At Harve
.e should have stopped for water, aui
e fireman backed the train down to tb
,roper place, while the engineer acted i:
dazed manner. Once again on th
oad Botsworth began to travel faste
nd faster until the train was runnin
.fty miles an hour. Then Roberts real
ed that Botsworth was derange".. an:
ast in time grasped the lever a ,nos
ille and saved the train going throusi
n open switch. Faster flew the engine
lotsworth standing by with a vacan
mile, and as they thundered througl
;aeon the maniac gave a yell and starte;
: spring from the cab window. Th
-atchfui fireman caught him by the leg
nd while he balanced him on the win
ow ledge he managed with his foot
lop the train. The conductor helped t
et Botsworth back to the baggage eai
here he was carefully guarded to O
nnwa and there turned over to the au
orities. It is believed to be paralysi
f the brain that ails him.
Spry Old reople.
Chrh.tian Rechtold, 94 years of age,
siderut of St. Loui, was a soldier in th
lapo'onic war.
Mx. Van Nostrand, of Millstone, N
.h mi d her 99th '.car. At he
ate she was treeted by six of her ow:
hildren, eleven grandchildren and sev
nteen great grandchildren.
Abraham Souther, a colored man, 0
ld Fort, N. C., has in his possessioi
ocuments which show that Le is 10
cars old. -le chews and smokes and i
devoted Methodist.
Capt. W. S. Reynolds, of Ande on
Me, Anderson County, Tenn., is 9
ears old. He is hale and hearty, and i
hero of four wars-1812, the Creel
e Mexican and the late rebellion.
Mr. Adolph Parent, a man of 96 years
rho has been acting as bailiff'at Pierre
illet, Quebec, for the last fifty years
as just left for the United States, wit.
view, he says, to perfect his knowledg
f the English language.
Willie Blackwell is thie oldest man u
Eansas. He resides at Great Bend, an<
links he was born in Fauqiuier County
a., in 1785. H~e can chew two on'ce
f tobacco per day, but . abstains from
Icoholic drinks.
Seventy-two years ago Robert Tirrel
f Rhode Island, then a soldier in th
iritish army, deserted and came to Ame
ica. The old man, who is 93 years old
as just received a pardon from th
randdaughter of the king he deserted
nd is going back to the old country t
.ie among his kinsfolk.
Nancy Baker, of Westfield, N. .1.,
S years of age. She is a widow an
es on a farm, which she superintends
tecently she found that one of her hire<
en had mowed a piece of ground ver;
oorly. Taking a scythe herself, sh
ent over the work again, cutting th
rasa close. She walks several miles
ay, and does a great deal of work.
What a Cent Can, anmd Cannmot flo.
It is almost impossible to attach an;
portance to one cent, but at the sam
ime it is a very important coin at timaes
ays an exchange.
It will take a circular to Californih
na it will make you madder than:
atter and a March hare combined whe:
-on go to pay your fare on a horse-ed
na fnd that you have but four cent
ud a ten-dollar bill.
One cent is very small, but when iti
dded to the rate of interest you receiv
n a stock, it possesses a stern magniti
ent grandeur that carries you away lil
strain of music.
The penny, it seems, was made to p~
n church pih.te5, and, although a mxa
lay say it amounts to nothing, he wi
trike matches, lift mats and crawl abou
a the straw on a horse car to lind tL
ne he drops. It is so small a coi: lba
ou have to take on'~ your giove to takh
mold of it in your pocket, and yet it is.
rge, when the baby swallows it, ti
hnces of the baby's living are som,.
mmes not worhth a cent.
Althoug~h one cent is less than te
ents, yet one cent is a great deal larg~
han a dhue. Many a man has gon.
hrty alI day with fonr' cents in h
ockt Foer the want of that oneC cl
ue four were aseless as the eleve
aen 'n a j"ry who are h~eld oat again:
An: o1Tensive Breath
Is nm iiltreiner. no;t only in the pe
e * - ! i c :e :'re a l pide, but
* s dai::lcem u*r to spea:k of. Lutit li
ared not only friends but lovers. Bs
rathl and catarrh ar~e iaseperable. D.
ages Catarrh Remedy cures the wor
..e as thoandsna n testify.
-A~. M- ti.1 ie '~cato~
Lo ig i: buiness Septenmber
. :<.antee fund, invested in
hona's ranmtgages ,irst lien on real
estate ) ot,00
rt The Vley 3Iutual Life Association of
Virgii ia is t'e' rget and the leading
Ljife lain in the South. Over
one nillion of i'a rs has bee~n paid in
o CaL to 'Lil fin'ilies of deceo;sed mem
._ ers.
.Th ceapessO'ie of it' plan is demon
r stratd uby the expurience of those who
d are iud. Inf ialt ration of this fact,
we iuke Policy No. :; held by Mr. W. P.
Taws, Cashier of the Augusta Nationai
Bank, .raunton, Va.,-Pohcy issued
Sepqtvmbe-r 2,lois-1,0-conse
quenty it hAis shared every cost that La,
come against the Company. The entire
cost to 31r. Tams in eight years and i ix
maontbs, 3ciembership Eee, Annuals, and:
3Rrtality paymen ts, has been but 370.44,
or an average annual cost of 58.28. At
r the date of this insurance Mr. Tams was
I27 years of age.
A policy of even amount and date in
one of the most popular Old Line com
panies on the ordinary life plan, payable
at death only, would have cost him
S192.75, or 821.50 per year-a saving of
812.21 in favor of the Valley Mutual.
0 Theories are easily advanced and jeal
ous rivals abound in them, but facts can
not be reu'ted.
First-class agents can get liberal con
tracts by appl, ing to
LEE HAGOOD,
I Manager 6o. Ca. Department,
a Columbia.
e
Au interestiug Case.
A remarkable damazge suit was filed in
in the clerk's oIlic oI the City Court toI
day, says the Atlanta Evening Journal
of 20th. If tile facts alleged in the dec
y laration are estai)iished it will snow a
novel plan by which a railroad under
e took to stave off a damage suit. D. H.
Lee, the petitioncr, sets forth that h
;vas employed by the Rtichmond and
r .)Unvil-l IRailroatd Company in July,
I . as al iagman on a freight train, and
S he was sitting in the caboose.
Shs i air ir place, on a certain day of that
. 'r t , th.e train rn- olf the track at Lula
and tl eatooe wtis overturned. Le1
was ij n tL sh(u'der, hip and
t; back nd ::::len arm was permanently
ia -siue was :dso parma-1
1e*L' .iijurex by. coeion. Hle alleges
tat the autritie of the road agreed
that in irtio O is injurirs amid;
iC t <inev Wt
th ro. i . o r ' a" tI ey woul gv1e
him the t tioi 01 conciueto. I
This u1 ) io jh e toK as ,soon as he re
cover. 'i--. .i.idureS, and oeevpied
lie was d;'hrge withilout ce-U:-. He
cl aims tha t th e roaJ ke.t h i1. jus!t 10n
enoagh fur the .ise of limitationis to
apply in his ca L u. -A turned him
o Lf ie a "ks uuv namages.
S. Woan as U'. S. MarshIa1.
Mr. Justice Mii-r. f the United States
r Supreme Court pre-i A in the United
SStates Circuit DonIt ai St. Louis on the
.l mornin of the :3th ultimo. He an
nounced that a vacancy existed in the!
f oilie' of the Uited tts m-ai
- Iarsh-a CouziaL-, a;d ti-t tile Comp
Lroile- of te .re"sury had4 deanded th.:
appoiAT of a; 3'rshal ad iterim.
Justice 3ir said h"C had determiiued to
5 appoint as MJarsL al ad itlerim Phocebei
SW. Couzins, the daughter of the deceased
Marshal.* The stitute reqaired that she
should give bond iu the sun of .20,000,
-and take theO oath of office before the
:ciork of the Court. He did not oserve
MIiss Couzins in Court, and would say
Ithat as soon as she could furnish th~e
bond she could <qualify and at once cnter
upon the duties of the ollice. The an
nouncement appeared to surprise se'.erat
attorneys, who were not prepared to hcear
hie appointment of a womanl~, but ic
Sshould be remernabered that alias Couzins
has for i long time directed the executive
'afiairs of the o1lice, and she posseses
the friendship and influence of men in
Sthe highest authority at Washington.
P'ostal Chianges.
The new postal regulations recently
;prepared at the Post Odice Department
'went into eiret on September 15, and
thit postmasters have been advised by tihe
Post 01lice Department that in accord
1ance with the ruling of the assistant at
jtorney general for that department,
packages ot fourth-class matter (such a..
Ssamples andi packages of merchandise'
must not con tainu hereafter any writuig
or printing on the face or surface exept
the name and add1ress of the sender, pre
e eded by the word1 "rom," and the nur
ber ar'd name of the articles enclosed.
Otherwise the eni e package will be sub
.jected to po " 'e a leter rates. Here
e tofore the rulig of the department has
,been to the errlet tha any printed mat
ter not having~ the character of personal
.correspondec migat be attached to
e such matter
1 ii in H . -t - rley.
s A country negro entered one of the
dry goods stre of Amerieus, Ga., a few
s dia ago t pu.eh." atuink, and after
e considerable p"arley-ing with the salesman
as to ume prc :'- e 1, tinally shouldere:
eL oe In ;lf. uayng 81.50 therefor. .lu
ab0 i fur he returiied with the
foPr hi' ~n ny. TIhe trnk was filled to
I the top it 3..Ilaekinaw straw hats tha.
t ha been r."ak in it for the winter.
-The cont-: of the trunk were wort b
t het,-~ .,n55ea 1
RU ICC"A1l 'ILL: oil *qvtii
'dverti~ing . nce are' otier weil know;:
promi :D: 3etiveiat the fact is i1:
a b'ert Ianr of the Ledger; HI.
i"'';bi, A. -. ew.art, John War
t aker, Amo Law,:je ...e and a host o
other me Lre or 1"".- ntied~ fer their grt
. Th experieLce of the customis insp
tress.l wh ion'1 a -"it --4 men's clothil
under te skirt of a woman she w
sercig inl New~ Y.ork recently, w
i rore ti-an ma tchend by that of 'an irap"
. ress in Washington Territory a few da~
tt Iago, whoe found th"at the lady she w
IS HE KING HOPKINS 1.1
lie law the same Nose and Dintingulshed Man
nerm oT the Noble William-The Possible
Eirects of a Combine Between Hopkins and
the Fair Claimant.
The two recent stories told by the Star in
regard to alleged descendants of British roy
alty has created a good deal of talk among
Victoria's subjects who are residents of New
York. One of these aspirants claims to have
proof to upset the succession to the Crown,
and the other to have so c'ear a title to the
possession of the property of his ancestors,
now held in this country, as to make a con
test for its holding worse than useless. Eng
lishmen profess to look at the subject as a
project started in the way of speculation,
but do not deny that there may be some
foundation for the subject matter, as the
p:eculiar habits of the Georges and their de
scendants and well known facts of un
written history.
The picture of the face of Caroline Louise
Kent, published in the ,Sar of yesterday,
and who has long concealed her identi y
while resident here, has but to be looked at
a moment to convince reflecting people that
the ruling sovereign of England may pos
sibly be her mother.
Ier statement is so straightforward that,
in spite of all the obstacles likely to be
thrown in the way of proving its truth and
authenticity, shaking, as it does, the foun
dations of the throne of one of the most
powerful empires in the universe, many
people stand ready to take up- the cudgels
for Miss Kent. These people are not only
inimical to the present occupant of the
throne. but are bitterly opposed to the suc
cession. If her claims are established they
will not be allowed to be ignored.
To a Star reporter the British Consul
General said yesterday that he had not as
yet had an opportunity to read the Star's
article, as he had only lately returned from
Europe; but had it preserved for last night's
perusal. Until he had looked over it he
would not express an opinion as to any
thing stated therein.
The Star's own particular claimant,
Clarence George Hopkins, is no less enti
tIed to consideration from the fact of his
close resemislance to the same family, but
there is a much more striking resemblance
to William, his alleged maternal grand
father. than to any other of the family.
Ile has the same nose, the identical un
studied care about his dress, but the same
look of intelligence of the high patrician
order shows in every line of his face. His
eye has the glance of one born to command,
and although he may have used it for the
common eyery-day purpose of selecting
type from the case for bread winning only,
its fire is undimmed, showing that force of
circumstances has not for a moment
quenched the ambition of his life-the re
covery of his inheritance, with all its right
ful powers. and the possession of the vast
sums now illegally withheld from him.
Mr. Clarence George Hopkins, whose
claims the Star has already set forth, is no
doubt ready to confer with Caroline Louise
Kent, awl will undoubtedly do so, as by
ioining their mutual interests they may
make a combination too strong to be re
Aisted. At any rate it is Mr. Hopkins' firm
letermination to make some arrangement
with Caroline Louise Kent by which their
mutual claims can be prosecuted together,
instead of making it a double issue from
two points of departure. Its outcome no
one can foresee, but until its decision it
must create no small uneasiness among
peirie hig in authority in 3Ierrie England.
-Neie Tork- Star, Sept. 28.
TItE SOUTH'S INDUSTRY.
Amount of Capital Invested Nearly Thrice as
Large as in 1S6.
BALTIMORE, MD., Sept. 29.-The Manu
ofcthe ecord publishes today a review
of the industrial growth Qf the South
during the nine months of 1887. A com
parison of the new industries for the first
nine months of 18i7 -and 1886, which in
cludes a wide diversity of new enterprises,
shows an increase in inciustrial and manu
facturing establishments from 1,175 In
1l86 to 2,594 in 1887.
The amount of capital and capital stock
represented by the list ot new enterprises,
the enlargement of old plants and rebuild
ing for the first nine months of 1887, as
compared wita the corresponding time in
18s8j. is as follows: *
States. ~ 1887. 1886.
Alabama....$35,497,000 $8,055,500
A rkansas..-.--.-. 23,614,000 14,830,000
Florida........--1,947,000 1,219,000
Georgia.-.--.--.. 12,648,000 2,05.5,000
Kentucky.... 31,2:32,000 30,S12,700
Louisiana......--6,557,000 1,955,000
MIaryland......-12,634,000 6,153,000
MIississippi . .. 3,252,000 644,000
South Carolina. 2,594,000 718,000
North Carolina. 6,482,000 2,062,200
Tennessee...-. 32.040,000 7,949,000
Texas..-.--..--.-. 13,508,000 4,133,000
Virginia.......-21,234,000 6,874,000
\West Virginia.. 6,216,000 5,473,800
Total- $ ...212,455,000 $83,834,200
In summing up the industrial develop
mnent of the South since 1870-80, the Rec
ord shows that 15,000 miles of railroad
have been built, costing. together with im
prov'emen ts to old roads, over $600,000,000;
the assessedl value of property his increased
up1wards of $1,000,000, and siice 1879 the
ctton crop alone has sold for $2,500,000,
J000, ur an average of $:300,000,000 a year,
:and the total value of Southern agricul
tural products being over $700,0''0,000 a
year.
Pierceei -*Pleanaut Purgiative Pellet,',"
Positively Popuir: Provoke Praise;
Prove Pricless: Peculiarly Prompt; Per
eeptibly Potent: Producing Permanent
Profit: Precluding Pimples and Pustules:
Promoting Parity and Peace. Purchase.
Price, Pe'tty. Pharmacists Patronizing
Pierce Procure Plenty.
.A DressmakerM Attempt to Smuggle.
Among' the passengers who arrived at
\cew York on the steamship La Gasconge
Sunday wa s a Boston dressmaker named
'4Mis3 Kennedy. When her baggage had
a een lac:ed on the dock she opened one of
hr runks and. taking out a silk dress,
areessl threw it on t be floor. Then she
1kly~ nicked uni a box that had been
mder ih" dress ani handed it to a mian,
hoi. strte to p lc it in his trunk, which
id been p frd he move was seen by
echai cus't)oms diicers, w ho seized the box
Id arr'(e thle wom-an and man. The
x I.>ntAIne four ha usome hand-em
midrede dressea w~or th several hundred
rs e. ii'e d're's that had been
thrown, aide was found to be lined with
V aes and -'ilk ad s ati dress goods.
Im:: hpetress foun'd that 3Miss Kennedy
ind I.e, iks, etc.. to the value of sev
eral thousand doilars eonceaied on her per
luIer iner b:agag, three trunks and
t pci. e as. were seized, but not opened,
Thle coo1' discovered are valued at $7,000.
it s inaught that the other baggage will
Vieldi as much more.
Une thme great specific for "cold in head"
mdaararh-Dr. age's Catarrh Remnedy.