The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, May 22, 1889, Image 4

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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS. THE CONVENTION AT MEMPHIS CONCLUDES ITS LABORS. The Liquor Trafmc Denounced-The Con vention Comes Out Squarely and Unani mously in Favor of: Prohibition-Fort Worth Selected as kthe Next Place of Meeting. MEMPHIs, Tenu., May1l4.-There was only one session to-day of the Southern Baptist Convention, which concluded its labors and adjourned this afternoon. President Jonathan Haralson presided, and the opening prayer was delivered by the Rev. J. B Searry of Arkansas. The convention was then addressed by Dr. Hatcher of GCeorgie and Dr. Warish of Mississippi on the growth of the Bap tist Church in America. The committee on time and place of holding the next convention reported the following: Place-Fortworth, Texas, First Baptist Church: time-Monday be fore the second Sunday in May, 1890. J. W. Carter. D. D., of North Carolina, was elected to preach the convention sermon; J. Lipscomb Johnson, D. D., alternrtive. The report was supple mented with an invitation to the Ameri can Baptist Educational Society to meet with them. J. M. Carroll, chairman of the com mittee on Vice President's report, read his report, which was at considerable length. It made a most satisfactory ex hibit in all its several departments, highly pleasing to the convention. The report was unanimously adopted. The committee of enrollment and cre dentials, through its chairman, reported that there were ninety-four delegates in attendance. Dr. 11. Pritchard of North Carolina, chairman of the committee on corre spondence with the American Home Mission Society. read his report, which was adopted after considerable discus sion. Dr. W. E. Hatcher of Georgia intro duced the following resolution, which, after, debate, was adopted: "Whereas the American Sabbath Union is laboring to secure such na tional legislation as will allow to all em ployees of the national government one day in seven as a day of rest; therefore, "Resolred, That we fully sympathize with this important object of the Ameri can Sabbath Union, and request our brethren to promote its work as far as may be practicable." The following resolution, offered yes terday by r. J. R. Scranfill of Texas, was a1- animously adopted: "Whereas the liquor traffic is a most powerful hindrance to the gospel of Christ and an aggressive enemy to social order; and whereas this traffic is steadily encroaching upon all that Christian men revere and the human heart holds dear; and whereas it seeks to destroy the Christian Sabbath and annihilate public morals and public conscience; and, whereas all Chrii *bdi'es5 h Td s ak out in .certain tones on this qnestrun( erefore "Resolced, by the Southern Baptist Convention assembled, That we favor the speedy and entire prohibition of the liquor traffic: that we oppose license for this traffic in any and all of its forms, through which men bu3 the right to de stroy human hope and happiness and blight human souls, as an offense against publie morals and a sin against God." -The convention then, after passing a vote of thanks to the citizens of Mem phis for their cordial and munificent hospitality to the delegates, adjourned sine die. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHTP. A Well Founded Rumor that Mitchell of Charleston Winl Fill the Place. -.4g'i the politic~al pot is boiling, its 'i~ being k-nown only to those wh( ar e alleged secrets, but neverthe less bub - ' mo oic political rumor e heating it to a white heat. A .News reporter ran across a gentle man of the city who generally keeps posted in such matters and that gentle man informed him that there seemed t< be a well founded rumor to the effect that tihe position of District Attorney foi South' Carolina has been tendered b; President Harrison to St. Julian Mitchel of Charleston, the well known lawyer o1 that city, whose name was recently men tioned as a possible and promising dark horse in the race, he being it isalleged, backed and pushec for the place by Judges Bond and Simon ton, and especially by the former, who is said to entertain a warm and persona. friendsaip for Mr. Mitchell, and desir ing in every manner to elevate hi; friend to the remunerative office of Dis trict Attorney. Mr. Mitchell is said tc have refused the tender made by the President, but since then his friende have been endeavoring to dissuade hin from his declination, and he ls now said t.6~e considering the matter, 'and the .finformant of the .Newcs reporter was of the opinion that his scruples would be overruled and the office accepted. Mr. -Mitchell's Democratic principles would prevent his making an immediate "grab' for the office, but by a judicious amount of persuasion it seemed probable thai -his refusal would be considered af -some length before it was made perma nent. It is known that Judges Bond and __Simionton have both been in Washington ~tely and they are both said to have Tferred wishrthe--President on matters f F -' atronage in this State. Judge ~"End, it is 'understood, being particu larly bitter in his denunciations of E. M. Brayton, who has a doleful hankering after some position ot importance in the State. At any rate, it looks as if the uncer tainty about 'these matters will not re main long obscured, as something must be done and that before a great time." SGreenville News. The Worcester Theatre 3urned. WORCESTER, Mass., May 16.-The Worcester Theatre was discovered to be on fire shortly after 3 o'clock this morn ing and was totally destroyed. The flre *apparently started in the rear of the building near the stage. Explosions fol lowed each other in rapid succession, -and in a short time the roof fell in. The Bay State Hotel stands in close prox imitv. and its rear wall was blistered and was only saved by heroic work by the firemen " Faust" was played last night by Lewis Morrison and company. r. Morrison places the cempany's loss -000. - at * Abraham said: "The fire Mana~, - ay be connected with the cannot in an - shed four hours be play, as that was e saw an em fore thle fire" He sayb - a igr ployee of the theatre smo - am ette in one of the boxes, and w 'about it. The building was erected in 1860 for the storage of' fruit, but the scheme failed, and in 1868 the structure was Ubought by the Worcester Music Hall As sociation and fitted up as a theatre at A Violin 168 Years Old. Dr. -B. F. Wyman is the owner of the -oldest violin, perhaps, in America. It was made by Antonmus Stradinarius in the year 1721. and consequently is now. 168 years old. It is not only a fine mr~ strument, b-it it is also very sweet toned, and is in splendid condition. The Doc tor says he has refused an offer of $2.50 for it."-Aiken .Jouernal. . A Shut-Down in Sugar. LonoN, May 16.-In consequence of the prevailing high prices for raw sugar, the largest refinery in Greenock has been closed. A FATAL TEST. Tragic Death of Bishop, the Mind-Rearer, in a Seance. The death of Washington Irvin, Bishop, the mind-reader, at the Lamb's Club. New York, reported Tuesday, was a very tragic athir. lie had already performed his faious --dagger trick" tinding a knife with which a supposed murder had been committed and putting his hand on the make-believe assassin. The hearty applause that greeted this performance led him to announce an other and more difficult one, that of finding a word in a book which was - to be previously selected by one of the gentle mnen present. The mental effort attend ing this performance proved too great, for he suddenly fell to the floor in a state very like a cataleptic fit, the inci dent causing considerable confusion among the festive party. Just then Dr. John A. Irwine, who is a menber of the club, happened to come in, and he at once took the patient in charge. His prompt use of stim ulants soon brought Mr. Bishop around, when, to the amazement of all who were in the room, he announced his intention of performing the feat previously undertaken. Dr. Irwine protested against the attempt, and all the gentlemen endeavored to dissuade him, to no purpose, howeve r, for even the physician's allusion to the danger of another attack failed to shake Bishop. "Why," said be, "I am not afraid of these fits, for I've had over a dozen of them, and I'm alive yet. But I intend to do the feat even if it kills me, just to show all that I can do it." Finding that his patient was in a high state of mental e::citement and was exerting that marvelous will power for which he was famous, Dr. Irwine finally came to the conclusion that it would be best not to oppose him, but get the thing over as quickly as possible. Then Bishop made another demand, which was that the doctor should act as a committee with Mr. Clay Greene, who was to be used as the medium for the ex periment. Bishop had asserted that if these two gentlemen w ould go to a distant part of the house and select a word in some book he would find the book, the page and the word. Dr. Ir wine and Mr. Greene then descended to the basement, and among a lot of old account books picked out the minute book of the club, and on page 87 se lected the word "Townsend," afterwards secreting the book. in a disused drawer among some dLcarded rubbish. On re turning to the room where Bishop was sitting, Dr. Irnine again endeavored to dissuade him from proceeding in what he gravely informed him was a very dangerous experi ment. But Bishop for the second time remarked that he would accomplish-he feat even if it killed him, and ins'sted upon being i i ly blindfolded. When had been tied -e wustairs, his right han reene's wrist. In due. e a the room, then the drawer and the book, and on the leaves of the latter being rap idly turned over by him, he stopped at the right one and then ran over - it with a pencil. Suddenly be seemed to make a private mark, and then fever ishly requested that the book be brought upstairs. He had no sooner entered the room where the members were assem bled than he pulled a bandage from his eyes and exclaimed: *"Quick! quick! give me a bit of paper!" and on receiv ing it, he dashed off "Duesnwot," that being the selected word written back ward, so that it could be read in a mir ror. He had performed the feat, 'out scarcely had he written the word when he was again seizect by the cataleptic fit, from which he never recovered. Bishop was born in New Yorktcitrin 1847, but he digl not o: -. - ge owing to iPd ' - rance, under mbhe carried a muscular strength possessed by few n'ea. His boyhood was one of privatioa and care, and he began life in a well-known down town drug store. To his conmpanions he was always a marvel because he could do so many tricks of legerdemain. and he frequently attended spirit ualistic seances, only to make fun of them. Finally he became connected with some of the spiritualistic mediums and assisted them in their manifestations, though he attracted no great pubhe attention until he suddenly appeared in England as a "mind reader." His feats were so peculiar and unique that large audiences followed him wherever he appeared, thougb he seems to have made very little money until he went to London. There his tricks or feats astounded the scientific world, while some of the newspapers accused him of charlatanism. A FRENCH ENOCH ARDEN. He Declines to Take His Wife from'Her Latest Husband. Two years ago a charwoman identified her husband, who had been missing for some days, at the morgue, says a Paris dispatch to the London Telegraph. The body had been picked out of the Seine and received decent bunrial. After some lapse of time the charwoman took unto herself another husband and a few days ago a child was born to them. The father proceeded to the town hall to re port this family event, and, as he was emerging therefrom, he was sudd.enly seen to stagger and would have fallen had not thie friends whom he had brought as witnesses supported him. As soon as he recovered he explained the cause of his emotion. Perched on the box of a cab stationed close by was his predecessor in the char woman's affections, pale and thin, but still alive, and possibly with a good kick left its him. The first husband, how ever, was not inclined to proceed. to ex tremities; on the contrary he politely invited the party to repair to the near est public house, drove them thither in his cab, and treated them all to a glass of wine. Finally the new husband in quired of his predecessor whether he was not going to search for his wife. "Oh, no! I am too happy now," was the cheer ful answer. The cabman t hen explained that having got into trou ble in a public house brawl he had been locked up for a day, and, fearing his wife's sharp tongue, had kept prudently out of the way. The two men parted on the best of terms. A Strange Family. A very remarkable freak of nature exists oni the farm u. J. HI. Carter, con cession 8, lot 20, township of Tecumseh, County of Lincoln. Bond Head post office. On Sunday, April 14, a cow be longing to Mr. Carter gave birth to two lambs and a calf. He is a respectable frmer, who would not under any cir cumstances be guilty of an attempt to palm off a fr..ud on the public, and the issue has been seen by scores of his ighbors. The attendent circumstances , such as to leave no shadow of doub ,1 his mind as to the correctness of th st, ents. The lambs arc to all of te St et, but larger than or appea .ce pe ale, ncasopr dinar The calf, is- facesofh fet- The expression in faeodh lambs has a peculiarity, whi e onsider able hair is mixed among the wo t in the fleece and on the legs. Mr. Ca ter has already refused an offer of $600 for the dam and family. Mr. Ed. Jeff, lectater on agriculture for Ontario, and may others, have been visitors. So far as known'there is no parallel case on record. -Toronto Globe-. Hon. Whitelaw Reid in Paris. PAIS, May 15.-Mr. Whitelaw iteid, the new American Minister, was received by M. Spuller, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to-day. President Carnot will ,.ecei-e Mr 1did at the end of the week. 3REAT FIRE IN CANADA. A POPULOUS SUBURB OF QUEBEC ALMOST SWEPT OUT OF EXISTENCE. Seven Hundred Buildings Destroyed and Twelve Hundred Families Rendered Homeless and Destitute-Two Persons Killed by a Premature Explosion. QUEBEC, May 16.-A disastrous fire broke out early this morning in Saint Sauveur, in the house of Mrs. McCann, on Valier street, and spread with great rapidity through the wooden district which surrounds it. The streets burned are portions of Valier, Chenel, St. Peter and St. Emarie. The insurance compa nies interested are the North British and Mercantile, the London and Lan eashi; e, the Guardian, the Agricultural of Watertown and the Northern. The total losses so far made and in prospec tive, may be $150,000. At 3 o'clock it was impossible to guess the limit of the fire, and the people were in dismay at the rapidity with which the fire jumped from one wooden builhing to another. The local arrangements for quenching fires were defective, and the Quebec fire brigade was sent for and were quickly on the spot, but their ef. forts were crippled for want of water. B Battery was called out and rendered valuable assistance in fighting the flames. Over 100 wooden houses have been destroyed. A good deal of distress will be occasioned by the destruction of a large number of wooden shanties, on which there is no insurance. At 9 o'clock the fire was under control, hav ing almost burned itself out. While the military were preparing .to blow up some of the horses to check the fire, a premature explosion took place in one of the house,, killing Major Short and Sergeant Wallick of B. Battery. Both were buried in the ruins. Up to this hour (9 o'clock) the body of Major Short had not bee-i recovered. The body of Sergeant Wallick was found near the door of the house dreadfully mangled. 10:30 a. m.-The fire in St. Sauveur has been checked on the city side, but is still burningfuriously toward the North west, and will probably stop only when nothing is left to feed. it. The insurance is comparatively small. The larger number of houses destroyed were small wooden structures. There is a strong Easterly wind blowing and rain has been falling steadily for the last three hours. 1 p. m.-The fire is still burning and no hopes are entertained at stopping it until the open country is reached. Al ready about five hundred buildings, mostly wooden tenements, have been burned and over one thousand people rendeed-.-, esPf tion of them are camped out in fields, with what few effects they were able to save, while a few have found shelter with friends in this city. Major Short's body was recovered about noon. One leg and arm had been torn from the body by the explosion and were found at some distance from the trunk. St. Sauveur is a separate municipality from Quebec. but it is separated from this city by only the width of a stree:. It has a population of about 15,000. Only lasI night the St Sauveur officials refused an offer of this city to supply them with water. 4:30 p. m. -The fire has burned itself out, after reaching the lhmits of St. Sauveur, the toil gate keeper's house ini Valier street being about the last to go. The district North and West of Massue aad St. Ambrose streets has been swept nearly clean, with the exception of portions of alier street. Aboue Ousrw ee burned. -w iai~ ot them were tene 4-a ene number of familes homeless is not less than 1,200, comprising 5,000 or 6.000 persons. Hon. Mr. Mfercier and other promi nent men are interesting themselves in behalf of the homeless people. Appli cation has been made to Sir A. P. Caron for the use of the drill shed and other government buildings to shelter those who are yet camped out in the fields. The clergy are distributing food, and steps are being taken to organize a regu lar system of relief. The majority of the people burned out are of the laboring class, and as insur ance rates were very high, few have any thing to fall back upon. . FTLAX CULTURE. A Crop to Take the Place of Wheat Of fered to Our Farmers. WASHINGTON, May 12.-One of the most important economic questions of the time is, "What shall take the place of wheat on farms where it can no longer be raised at a profit?" This question is one that has received earnest considera tion at the Agricultural Department, but as yet no product has been presented that fully commends itself to the officials as furnishing the answer, although many have been suggested.. Last week Professor Willetts, the As. sistant Secretary of Agriculture, had under consideration a letter from Ire land, which he thinks may offer a solu tion of the nroblem if the statement made in it can be substantiated. The writer says: "I have long bad a very earnest in terest in flax growing and linen manu facture, and now address you in behalf of these industries. I have been fa miliar with flax growing in America since 1840 an-i ihoroughly informed of the household manufacture and later the efforts to spin and weave linen by ma chinery, and the almost complete failure of all efforts in this direction, until now there are only two establishments weav ing-one at Webster, Mass., and the other at Appleton, Wis.-the latter do ing but little and neither weaving any thing finer than cre'sh. Besides~ these there are thread and yarn mills,. mostly branches of British manufactories, and the twine and cordage mills. "A part of the reason why linen is not made in America is that the raw material is not as flexible and requires more (and more costly) manipulation and much more labor tban cotton, wool and silk. "Another reason is that when in 1861 Congress enacted tariff laws there was no association to set forth the li,'en in terest, and the duty was left too low to correspond withI the high duty on -the raw material, while, with a low duty upon cottoa., woollen and silks, capital turned to the latter as the safest invest ment, and flax and linen have been neglected. There can be no raw flax industry until there is a market for the fibre. "There is nothing in the climate or soil conflicting with the assertion that just as good flax and linen may be produced in every State in the American Union as in any country. Germany now spins and weaves the finest linen, and she has no essentially differing climate from America. "If the inducements of protective du ties can not be given in favor of linen manufacture, then bounties must be of fered in shape of the appropriation of the present income from duties to en we the making of linen from Ameri can . - fibre. At least such an experi ment mus be made as will test and de monstrate the "acticability or impracti cability of estab ing this important industry upol America ' toil "Many things become infu Anerica from t-he facility with ~ih the people take up and adopt improved -, cesses and appliances, and this may be the salvation of the linen industry, of the importance of which there is no q-ston Thee i e very rason why the American farmers should produce a mil tion acres of flax for both seed and fibre >ver and above what is now produced, which would give 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels of seed worth as many million lollars, and two millions and a half tons Af flax straw worth $50,000,000, from which 500,000 tons of flax fibre would be obtained, worth $100,000,000. Once established, American invention would, is in all other industries, soon build up in industry to consume this raw ma terial." LEPROSY IN INDIA. Why the Number of Those Afflicted With the Disease Is Increasing. The official report gives 135,000 as the existing number of lepers in India, but there can be little doubt that they already exceed 250,000, and that their numbers are steadily increasing. Nor can this increase be wondered at, for whether the disease is propagated by contagion or by heredity it has every opportunity of increasing. I saw most ghastly lepers begging in the streets and in the balconies of houses. I met them at railway stations and in places of public resort. In one small bazar a friend of mine told me he had just counted twelve. - I even heard of one who was employed by an English baker in the making of bread. It is moreover estimated that all the copper money in India has passed through the hands of lepers. I found in Bombay a man whose hands were covered with leprosy engaged in the railway service as a ticket collector. Who can estimate the danger to the English and native com munity of many hundreds of railway tickets daily passing through this man's hands? An English lady in the same city had, just before my arrival, fallen a victim to-the disease. Lepers, with their revolting miseries fully exposed, associate freely with the community. They marry when they choose; they love a roving life, and thus continually become fresh centers for propagating the disease. I was assured by Mr. Mac Guire, the superintendent of the Leper Asylum in Calcutta, that he could testify, from often-repeated observa tions, that in the congregations of poor people who assemble at the funeral feasts of the wealthy natives one per son in every three was a leper. By the same authority I was told that the asylum was generally overcrowded, and that the police do not hesitate to bring in cabs lepers who are in a dying s and for whom it is -~ ba y to turn out some le s ' ent cases. Indeed the-evitis so widespread that, as Lord Dufferin said to me, one might almost as rapidly undertake to rid India of its snakes as of its leprosy. Moreover the absence of Indian public opinion on such matters, and the constitutional callousness of the native mind, increase the difficulty in a way that English readers can scarcely estimate. So care less of danger does the Indian fatalism make men to this evil that, in the great leper hospital at Tarantarn, the author ities-as I was assured by an official there-have to hunt out relatives of the diseased, who have come in pretending that they are leprous, and who are actu ally willing to become infected for the sake of acquirig board, lodging and the power of leading an idle life. The Indian desires above all things to be a man of money. and what the leper at Tarantarn likes to save two out ofi.the three rup~eesallowee.i n onthly, and r to hide them in the ground, put them out at interest or invest them in jewelry for his wife. One man had thus acquired six hundred rnipees-at the cost of most wretched diet, and consequent increas~e of the disease. - Ninete nzth Century. Canonization of Joan of Arc. We may loor forward to an early canonization of Joan of Are. A number gf devout Lorrainers bought in the course of this year an "authentic stand ard" of~ the heroine to lay on the shrine of Notre Dame de Lourdes. They asked the Bishop of Nan,:y to receive and bless before they set out to fulfill their pur pose, which they fully explained to him by letter. After some delay he fixed a day to receive them. The Bishop, be fore consecrating the relic, spoke of Joan as having been sent to give confi derice and nioral unity to a shattered nation, and ordained for a great work in the world. "The Papacy," said the Bishop, "which rehabilitated her will glorify her purity, piety, patriotism and valor. . It will give a place on the altars of the churches to the warrier and mai-tyrized shepherdess. When it does, France will quiver with new hopes from the Pyrenees to Lorraine, and from Brittany to the Alps. She will then invoke with boundless confidence Saint Joan of Domremy, Saint Joan. of Orleans, and Saint Joan of France." St James Gazette. State Railroad Earnings. The Railroad Commission has issued its tabulated statement of the earnings of the railroads in the State for the month of March, this year, as compared with the earnings for the same month in 1888: Of the twenty-nine roads included in the statement twenty show a gross in crease of $78,038.96, the remaining nine showing a diecrease of $26,350.41, mak ing the net increase for the month $51,188.55, or 7.2513 per cent. Of the roads showing an increase the most notable are: Atlanta and Charlorte Air Line, $24,273.34, 21.8 per cent.; Columbia and Greenville, $12,010.19, 2.04 per cent.. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, $8,580.26, 31.75 per cent.; South Carolina Railway, $6,821.01, 5.7 per cent.; Spartanburg, Union and Colum bia, $4,522.30, 46.78 per cent.; Port Royal and Western Carolina, $3,984.21, 10.61 per cent.; Asheville and Spartan burg, $2,801.89, 33.5 per cent.; Wil mington, Columbia and Augusta, $1,943.02, 2.56 per cent. The Florence Railroad, which was not in operation in March, 1888, did a business of $4,647.81 during the month. The net increase of the total earnings of the roads of the Richmond and Danville system was $35, 367.55, the percentage 13.86. Among the roads showing a decrease were the Northeastern, $6,957.61, 10.39 per cent.; the Port Royal and Augusta, ,3,842.14, 9.73 per cent.; the Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta, $6,822.75, 10.17 per cent.; and the Charleston and Sa vannah, $5,786.02, 9.58 per cent. The total passenger earnings for March in 1888 and present year compare as follows: March, 1888, $204.272.38; March, 1889, $182,729.40, decrease, $21,542.98, or 10.5462 per cent. The total treight earnings were: March, 1888, $461,959.01; March, 1889, $527,288.95 increase, $65,329.94, or 14.1419 per cent. Ferry Boats in Collision. PBIrDEL&HI, May 15.-The ferry boat Peerless, plying between this city and Gloucester, N. J., collided with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ferry boat, J. S. Schultz, this morning in the Delaware River, badly injuring five young lady passengers on the Schultz d carrying away a portion of the ladi ', cabin. Two of the injured will probab4ie. Nobody on the Peerless a hurt. WINTHROP MEMORIAL. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES IN HONOR OF f THE NAMESAKE OF THE SClOO. C And in Commemoration of the Benefi cence of the Philanthropist Which Ren dered It Possible-The Exercises in the r School-Dr. Curry's Admirable Address t at the Opera House. C (From the Columbia Daily Register.) In accordance with the admirable cus tom which has been established of cele brating the Winthrop Training School for teachers and commemorating the grand philanthropy of George Peabody, which has so greatly aided it, yesterday I was set apart for the purpose, and in all respects the exercises were equal in in terest to those of any anniversary which has preceded it. At the Winthrop School yesterday morning the exercises exemplified the work of the school admirably. Dr. Curry was present and made appropri ate remarks, expressing himself as highly pleased with what he had seen. At the Opera House last night a fair sized audience, in which the ladies were largely in the majority, gathered to listen to the anniversary address from the Hon. J. L. M. Curry, late Minister to Spain, and now general agent of the Peabody Fund. Upon the stage were Governor Rich ardson, ex-Governor Manning, Secretary of State Marshall, Comptroller General Verner, Mayor Rhett, Col. F. W. Mc Mester, Prof. E. S. Joynes, Superintend ent of Education James H. Rice, Lieu . Edvards, W. II. Lyles, Esq , John P. Thomas, Jr.. l)r. Scheib, Rev. W. C. Lindsay, Rev. Dr. 0. A. Darby, Col. J. W. R. Pope, and others. The exerc'ses were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. 0. A. Darby, President of the Colurmbia Female Col lege. Professor Johnson said this occasion was intended to commemorate the found ing of the Winthrop Training School, and he referred in appropriate terms to Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, and detailed some of his recent benefactions to the school, in which he has always taken a great interest. By request of Professor Johnson Colonel F. V. McMaster read a poem on Washing on written by Mr. Winthrop on the occasion of the recent centennial celeb.atioi. - Hon. James H. Rice. State Superin tendent of Education, introduced in ap propriat.words the orator of .the e' inug, making pecia ausion to the im \portance of the Peabody Fund, stating hrt as a result of his beneficence some $1 - 000 has been given to South Caro lina, wu' ow received more from this charity every yearLu oL L . ' rbettatj in the South. DR. CLRRY'S ADDRESS was in all respects an admirable one, able and scholarly throughout, and at times most eloquent. No synopsis such as it is possible to present in the narrow limits available here can do it justice, and as it is to be published in full by those interested in the conduct of the Winthrop School, it is not necessary to more than give some glimpses of its trend of thought and the remarkable facts shown. Mr. Curry, in opening, alluded to the fact of having received his earliest schooling in Abbeville District, this State, and to having met -on the plat form ex-Governor Manning, with whose son he. had served on the staff of Gei eral Johnston. .--.-: - I Ia ,wpt-ahg in the presence of Mr. Peabody, Mr. Winthrop had said that he considered his association wnth the Peabody Education Fund the greatest honor of his life. If he so thought in 1867,what must no be his self satisfaction in 1889, as President of the Trustees of the Fund, the very life and inspiration thereof? Nothing could have been more appro priate, the speaker said. than to give the name of this grand man to the :chool, and nothing more just than to connect the memorial celebration with the anniversary of his birth. By name and inheritance he was a connecting link between the past and present of our country, and more truly than any other American embodies the spirit and pa triotism and fraternity of the days when Massachusetts and -South Carolina stood shoulder to shoulder in the reat and decis~ive struggle for freedom. Dr. Curry said in order to appreciate the gift of Mr. Peabody it was necessary to consider the condition of the South at the time when that great heart was moved to make his munificent benefac tion. He proceeded with wonderful power to depict the condition of the Southern States immediately after the conclusion of the war. In this sad hour of gloom, poverty and despondency, when the South lay pros trate and suffering, a Northern man, and he was especially glad to say a Massachusetts man, did not pass by on the other side, but had compassion, and devised, acted and relieved. The speaker then related in detail Mr. Peabody's munificent gifts and en larged upon the sentiments which prompted them, and the delicacy of feeling that characterized him in be stowing the same. The difficulties which confronted the trustees at the outset in administering their trust and carrying out the inten tions of the donor were touched on. There were two great objects held stead ily in view: 1. To create an advanced and abiding sentiment as to the obligation and bene fit of universal education. Education as a universal right and a civil duty had not been recognized in the Southern States. 2. To stimulate the establishment and maintenance of free school systems for all the children and exalt as an agency of civilization and as preservative of representa r ivye institutions. The speaker said there was much mis apprehensien and much ignorance as to the prevalence of education in the South prior to 1861. Academies and colleges abounded. By the census of 186'0 the population of the North was 18.000,000, and of the South about 8,000,000. At that time the North had :05 col leges, 1,407 professors and 29,044 stu dents. The South had 262 colleges. 1,488 pr->fessors, and 27,055 students. For these institutions the Nort h cx peded $1,514,688 per annum for col leges and $4,66:3,749 for academiies. The South expended respectively $1,602, 419 and $4,328,127. Nevertheless in the South at the close of the war, and indeed before it, there was no adequate or sufficient system of public schools, and the illiteracy among the whites was fearful. The Peabody Educational Fund set to work to induce the States to cstabhish and maintain, thorough systems of public schools, free general education. This it did by strict adherence to the rule "help> those who help themselves," and such conditions were imposed'as to secure from the people three, four or five dol- ' lars for every dollar paid from the in- 1 come of the fund. Continuing, the speaker dilated uponC the vigor which the Southern States had shown in availing themselves of the help offered, on the great results already achieved, and the greater was still hoped The fact had never been lost sight of, he said, that "as is the teacher so is the pupil," and that schools for the train ing of teachers were of vital importance. Normal schools were considered the cli max of public school systems, and their establishment had been aided whenevera osile.S Besides what Claflin is doing so well n Orangeburg, South Carolini has the Vinthrop Training School, with thirty. our State scholarships. awarded after om petitive examinations. The infl.u !nee of the school is already widespread he large and interested attend nec upon the night's exercises showed nore than a local popularity. The work o be done was a noble and inspiring in entive to diligence, to high resolve, to ,rand attainments. le was glad to earn that the graduates of the school vere in great demand and that the de nand was more than the supply. He gad seen at the exercises in the school hat morning much that pleased him. Fie had told Superintendent John ;on that the Peabody Fund could be very glad to increase the >1,500 per annum now given to $2,000. Applause.) South Carolina, in establishing and ]elping to maintain the Winthrop school, besides securing the advantage of :rained teachers will have done something ,hich would greatly stimulate and at :ract more attention to the advisability >f giving more aid than heretofore to he education of girls. While the State with a liberal hand, md none too liberal, had aided the Uni versity for the education of the young men, the appropriation tor the Winthrop school was the first ever made for an in stitution for the education of women ex :lusively. Dr. Curry then proceeded to enlarge on the necessity of affording equal edu cational facilities for young women as to young men; drew a comical picture of the average female boarding school, excepting Columbia institutions. .id favored young ladies being given as long a time to gain knowledge as that given young men, instead of trying to cram their heads full of languages, sci ences, arts, etc., before they were 18 years old. The color question was then treated at some length, the conclusion being reached that no solution would prove permanent or effective except it be on the lines of justice, fairness and right, this point being greeted with applause. In conclusion. Dr. Curry most clo quently eulogized the character of Geo. Peabody and recited with effect a quota tion from a letter of Victor Hugo, writ ten at the time of the great philanthro pist's death. GEN. ROGER A. PRYOR. A Pamphlet Designed to -Befate the Confederate Army. - RICHMoND, Va., Mai 14.-Roger A. Pryor, Jr.. who arrived here to-day from New York, has just published in pam phlet form a complete refutation of the charge of desertion recently made a-iinst his - father, Gen. Pryor. The proof consists of affidavits. of eye-wit nesses of his capture, statements of Gen. C. M. Wilcox, Hon. Washington Mc Lean, Gen. Geo. H. Sharp, contempo raneous accounts of his capture in both Southern and Northern papers during the war, and letters of Gen. Pryor and his wife while in confinement at Fort Lafayette, and other papers. The proof is regarded as being absolutely conclu sive of the General's loyalty to the South. Boycotting a Postoffice. RALEIGH, N. C., May 14.-There is a remarkable state of affairs at Lauren burg. W. R. Terry was recently ap pointe.. m- /Mih!k~appars %d lA'dinent is so offeisive to the people that they will not sendjt ceive their mail through that office, but they use John's Hill, a town some dis tance away, as postoffice. Not one-fifth of the mail which formerly passed through Laurcnburg postoffice is now handled there. These facts are obtained from parties from Laurcnburg, who say the people are furious at the President's action in appointing Terry postmaster, and that it will make many Democratic votes. Solicitor General Jenks's Resignation. WASHINGTON, May 15.--The President has accepted the resignation of Judge George A. Jenks as Solicitor General of the Department of Justice, to take effect to-day. Judge Jenks resigned upon the change of administration, out was re quested to remain- in the office until the close of the existing term of the Su preme Court. Judge Jenks will be re tained mn the service of the government as counsel in the telephone cases. It is expected that an appointment as So licitor General will be made this week. To Suffer Death by Electricity. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 14.-William Kemmler, who was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his mistress, Tillie Zeigler, was to-day,. sen tenced to "suffer the punishment of death, to be inflicted by the application of electricity," within the week commen eing on Monday, June 24th. This is the first death sentene under the new law. Hon. Samuel J.- Randall Convalescing. WYASHINGTON, May 15.-Hon. S. J. Randall, who has been confined to his house for several weeks, is convalescing rapidly and is expected to be out soon. His appetite is good, and a gentleman who saw him yesterday says he looks as well as at any time during the last ses sion of Congress. Mr. Randaill will probably spend the summer at the sea shore. The Graphophone. PHILADELPHIA, May 16.--A syndicate of PhiladJelphia capitalists, headed by Thomas Cochran, has purchased the graphophone rights for the world outadle of the United States and Canada. The price paid was $500,000. His Neck was Broken. XXAsHtNGToN. May 17.- Nelson Col hert (colored) was hanged in jail this afternoon for the murder of Philip Wen zell in October last. The drop fell at 12:54. and Colbert's neck was broken by the fall. JOSEPH F. RHAME, A TTORNEY A T LAW MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Altirnei, and CJounselor a! Lau', MAtNNING, S. C. F. N. WILSON, INS URAXCE AGEXT,. MANNING. S. C. j- J. B3RAGDON, R E AlL E.T A TE AGcEXT, FORESTON, S. C. Offers for sale on Main Street, in business orion of'the town), TWO STORES, with nitable lots, en Manning and R. R. streets CW() COTTAGE RESIDENCES, 4 and 6 ooms: and a number of VACANT LOTS uitable for residences, and in different ho alities. Terms Reasonable. MAX G. Bryant, Jis. M. LF.IAND, South Carolina. ' New York. Grand Central Hotel. BRTANT & LELAND, Pinorr.IFzroRs. Columbia, -South Carolina. The grand Central is the largest and best ept hotel in Columbia, located in the EX ICT BUSINESS C'ENTER OF THlE CITY, there all Street Car Lines pass the door, nd its MENU is not excelled by any in the onth. R. C. Benmzr, C. BISSEL JENKINs, Gen'l Manager. The Cameron & B COMMISSION ) -AND AGEN Erie City Engine and Boilers, Atlas E giant Hydraulic Cotton Press, Eagle Cc We have in stock one each 60, 65, ani :hat we are offering way below cost. - M Oils, Rubber and Leather Belting, an 'rWe Guarantee Lowest Prices (AMMERON & BARKL' Mrs.A.E Keeps always ~] MANNING - a full supply, and ch FAMILY AND FA Bread, Cake,Ca J ahvars tive a full 100 cents MRS. A. E ESTABLIS" Charleston I Manufacturers Marine Stationary and Portab Mill 1achinery, Cotton Press boat, Machinists', Engineers' v Mr||eairs~" eurca with p1n'<iplacs. East Bay, Core Charlest< C0TTS EMfULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AM HYPOPHOSPHITES Almost as Palatable as Milk. ?aSguiseCa t can be . a ested, and assimilate e most s sitive stomach, when the plain oil not be tolerated; and by the com .b nation of the oil with the hypophos p tea is much more efficacious. Remarkable as a flesh producer. Persons gain rapidly while taking it. 'COT'T'S EMTLSION is acknowledged by p e'ir ' Ls t'be .i Th ghlCC d e" t pr ep retion in the world for the relief and cure of CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, CENERAL DEBILITY, WASTINC DISEASES, EMACIATION, COLDS and CMRONIC COUCHS. The great remedy for Consumption, and Wasting in Children. Sold by all Druggists. RICE BEER! RICE BEER! We are the sole manufacturers of this de licions and healthy beverage, which after having been analyzed by allthe eminent chemists in Atlanta, Ga., during "Prohibi tion" and ater the most searching .crutiny for traces of alchohol, was allowed to be sold free of State and city license, and so also more recently after further analyzing in Flor ida. It fills a long felt want for a stimulant ..a~~tizer th ,t is not intoxicating; pleas t9t, contains nourishment and specially si for persons of weak and del icate coustitutiaLe . It has the tastelof lager beer of the llne'st T'IE.Ai. besides, to add to its purity and miedicinalgmlities, is suecial ki nmide of conr celebrated Morld renowned original Artesjin well wae-r~int up in cases of one dozen pints at Sl 20 p ive dozen at $1 per dozen ,and in cask ten dozen each at 90 &ants per dozen. Cash must accomupany each order. Copyrighted andl patent applied: for. We have no Agents, and none genuaine unless ordered diret Iromi CRAMER & KERsTEN, PAMrrrro BBzwnY, Steam Soda and Mineral Water Works. - Chairleston, S. C., U. S. A. COLD ?LY'5 IN RoES HEAD. Ely's Cream Balm Cleanses the Nasal Passages. Al lays Tnfnnmation. Healsthe Sores. Restore's the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing.' A particle is applied into each noistril andl is agreeable. Price S0c. at Druggists or by mail. ELYBROTIIERiS,5G WarrenSt.,New York. L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. HI. Folsomi & Bro. SUMTEIR, S. C. DEALER IN WATCH ES, (LOCKS, JEWELRY. The celebrted R~oval St . Jhn Sewing Mahine .. 1n Fineust Razvors in Ameicia, al vas on haind. Re*airng prom.ptly and netly C exceted I skdiCll workmean. Orders by matil will receive careful atten BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale 17adGrocers, 17ad1G0, East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Manning Shaving Parlor. HAIRt CUTTI;NG ARTISTICALLY EXECUTED. and Shaving done with best Razors. Spec ial attention paid to shampooing ladies heads. I have htd considerable experience in several large cities, and guarantee satisfac tion to nmy enustomeirs. Parlor next door to MANNIo Tfnns. E. D. H AMILTON. TEW WAVERLY HOUSE, IN ithe Bend of King StreeLt, Charleston.J The Waverly. having been thoroughly _ renovated the past summier and newly fur nished throughout, makes its accommoda tions unsurpassed. Incandescent Electric Lights and Electric Bells are used in all rooms and hallways. Rates $2.00 and $2.50. President. RIcHARD S. GANTr, Sec. & Treas. irkley Gompany1 IERCIANTS, TS F'R ogine and Boilers, the Famous Little 4 tton Gins. 1 70 saw Eagle Gin, only shop worn RlSend for prices. - d a complete line of Mill Supplies. for Best Quality of Goods.i EY CO.. Charleston, S. C. :dwards 1 band at the BAKERY, oice assortment, of iCY GROCERIES. .ndy,Fruit, Etc. worth of e-ools for the Dollar DWARDS. Manning. R. C. IED 1844. ron Works, and Dealers in le Engines and Boilers, Saw es, Gins, Railroad, Steam Lnd Mill Supplies. Wfnd !>isaleh. Sendlfor prie lis. Pritchard St., )m, S. C. FITS! When I say CUREn I do n~ot mean merey*?' stop thern for a time, and then haet turn again. IM : E dies of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS, A life-long study. I WAURAr my remedy to CURE the worst cases. Biecaulse oth~ers have failed is no reason for iot now receiving acure. Send at once for a treatise and a FREE BOTrLE of my ISFALLIBLE IIEMEDY. Give Express and P'oe Ofice. It costs you nothing for a trial, and it illI cure you. Address PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Low Arm, Arm $28. $20. YOU CWN 8US BCrSDR I -a th gn o h Cel POR OW TOS T GOR, WODEL CO.' Togihes eo lad olrs I am sole Agent r th coutyfo PRA CTTN GRESS LinDgL, ec. ' En..Algies mandhiler s.rc from sle ator ind will- bcold a theFL sas orn Murchs toclleons, Sbefore inuiegc W. Al hS nChie'sdrc tE. FacTory's HoEstY oCaER. PricE. It ill e & th Cdo.ag Mbuldings ~Bo. Gaes. ec. Doorol okTrinn Bli, nds.nea Bui dings tril 10 an 12anetre t, Charlestns. ec. Scrll Work urnied. Buiing etmate rial RARVILON HOTEL, Charleston, S. C. ret Class in a/ld it ppoJuinment,. uppied with all Modern Improvemuents Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec tric Bells and Lights, Heat ed Rotunda. RA TES, $2.00, S250 AND $3.00. ~oms Reserced by~ Xfail or 2elegyraph 4LEVI, ATTORNEY A T L AW - MANNING, S. C.