The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 20, 1897, Image 4

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THE GIRL'S COLLEGE. ROCK HILL'S CROWNING GLORY AND T ORNAMENT. First Annnai Report of President D. B. Johnksonm of the winthrop Normal and L T lnduistrial College for Young ANomen. The Record of a Saccessful Year. C RocK HiLL, Jan. S.-Some persons who have not been thrown into a state of ecstasy at the growth of Rock Hill have been heard to make remarks about the impropriety of "blowing one's own horn." On this point Rock C Hill has clearly defined views:. First, if you have a horn and blow it your self, some one will probably hear it; if you don't use your breath, however fine your instrument, it may never be heard; then it is absolutely necessary that your horn be heard; lastly, cele brated performers on musical instru ments are largely indifferent to the feelings of the audience at large; their endeavor is to satisfy themselves and the chosen few whose approval is valued; in this last respect Rock Hill differs from the musician: she hopes to give forth a note that will please the entire world. For some years the talk of Rceck Hill was about factories and other business enterprises. In the last two years a different note has been heard in the strain; this last is the song of jo over Winthrop hen it was decided that the Col lege should be located here there was great joy; a torchlight procession with bass and kettle drum accompaniment was needed to show our feelings; when the time came to deliver sixty thous and dollars' worth of bonds, and as yet the College was in the future,,the pleasure was not so pronounced; but there was never a flinch or doubt. Be fore the building was near completion all doubt was at an end, and from the day the doors of the institution were opened all have felt that, for some years at least, Winthrop College was the most attractive of all our attrac tions. A visit there is a sourceof inspira tion; the building;-wifi a larger popu lation ja-th&L of many towns, seems 1 * i1with people moving hither and thither until the visitor ceases to try to watch all who come and go, and confines his attention tc what is most interesting to him. It does not make any difference to what department he goes he nnds it busy; everyone has something to do and no one is idling. It is this incessant work and admira ble order that made possible the re sults which have been obtained. The report of President Johnson on the work of the last year has been submitted to the board of trustees and has been adopted by them and will be presented to the Legislature. There are several reasons why it ought to be a full report. It is the first annual re port of an institution of which much is expected and for which, according to our means, much has been done; then, too, the Legislature sooito meet is to decide whether additional buildings are to be built. To enable one to form a just opinion about this, the very fullest report of work and prospects ought to be submitted and considered carefully. We will not attempt any discussion of this report; it consists al most entirely of factb which stand for themseves. We will give extracts from it that will be of interest to the public.1 "The Winthrop Normal and Indus- I trial college at Rock Hill closed -its' first session successfully $stWune,1 n 'timt~tndinlg the di~idulties at idinq, e oi aidnf and equip ment, abrnmi , every department and the cassification and instruction of three hundred and thirty-five Col lege students, all new, excepttwny seven, who came from the junior class of the school, as conducted at Columbia, and seventy-two children in the practice school. "We kept within allof the financial estimates. as to expenses of students made in our prospectus before the op ,ening of the College and also within the appropriations for the mainte nance of the College made by the General Assembl, as will be seen from the financial statement accom panying this report. "Good board, including furnished room, light, heat and washing, was given for $8.50 amonth, and the aver age cost of the uniform dress was qnly $22.97, when dit was estimated that it would be $30. "As one result the satisfactory work of the first session there has been a most auspicious beginning of the sec ond. "The attendance is already greater than that of the whole of last session and would have been still larger if there rad been ',dormitory accommo dations for all those making applica tion for admission. "Of the 800 who applied for admis sion to the College last summer, 403 have been enrolled, but only 240 of them could be accommodated in the present dormitory. The others are boarding in town at increased expense and at much inconvenience to them seLves, and away from the;wholeso'me restraint of College discipline, i great measure. Very many of the 800 who failed to enter college could and would have attended at the small cost of living in the dormitory, but could not meet the greater expense of boarding in private families, and oth ers were not permitted to come by their arnts when it was ascertained, that tey could not be in the College, directly under the supervision of the < College authorities.1 "Students were admitted to the dor-< mitories strictly in the order of their 1 applications, after the State's students, appointed from each, county upon competitive examination were pro vided for, but it required half of the dormitory space for these State stu-1 dents." SECOND DORMITORY. "in our last report to the General Assembly we called attention to the pressing need that existed then of more room to board the great number of students applying for admission at that time, but we thought it best to await developments before recom mending that additional dormitory ac commodation be provided. Since that time the pressure for admission to the College has not only continued, but has sincreased, and there is every rea son to believe, from the experience of similar institutions in sister Soutuern States, that it will continue to increase. Being the only State College for wo men in South Carolina, and there be ing more women thian men in the State, it is safe and reasons ble to esti mate that the legitimate attendance at this institution in the future, if room is furnished to accommodate the stu dents, will be equal to the combined attendance of men, something like 500 or 600, at the three State colleges for men. The fact is a greater percentage of women than of men attend high, school and colleges, because they have more leisure for it, and then it has ever been the boast of South Caro:m ~ans that they always have given their Kuaghiers the best advantages ,for education and culture obtainable. Young men are compelled, generally. to go into business before completing their education. "The main building has been buiut large enough to furnish sutlicient room forth intruction of 500 or 60C tudents. but the one cornitory !Odales only 2 . '-With a comparat\y s'i a enditure for additional dori Itor ae omnmodation. this great piant, estab ished by the State' ;or the best, broad st aud fal~est educanor of her wo 'an ood,czuld b nadle douoly effec ve am c d reach and benefit al Vcs tce1s many girls as at present. 'he foun 'dat ins of another dornitory f the saie size as the one already uilt have been laid. and some brick nd a iarge amount of stone are on the rounds, left over from the other uildings. By working convicts, as pon the other buildiugs, the new dor aitory could be built and furnished omplete at a comparatively small ost-less than $30,00U. ENROLMENT. "There are 403 students in the Col ege classes, and of these S6 are in the pactice school. "The States of South Carclina, orth Carolina, Georgia, Florida and irginia and all the counties of south ,orolina are represented in the sta ent body. "The number of students, by coun es, is as follows, "Abbeville 14, Aiken 6, Anderson 3, Barnwell 13, Beaufort 7, Berkeley , Charleston 12, Chester 17, Chester ield 10. Clarendon 7, Colleton 6, )arlington 10, Eigefield 12. Fairfield , Florence 8, Georgetown 2, Green ille 12, Hampton 7, Horry 2. Kershaw , Lancaster d. Laurens 9, Lexington , Marlboro 11, Marion 8, Newberry 0, Oconee 7, Orangeburg 17, Pickens , Ricidand 1, Saluda 2. Sumter 16, partanbrg 13, Jnion 7, Williamsburg York 74. "By States-South Carolina, 393: orth Carolina, G Georgia, 2; Florida, .; Virginia, 1. "It is interesting to note from the egistration cards, filled in by the tudents themselves, that, from 306 de inite answers to the question concern g the occupation of fathers, there re in the College the daughters of 51 farmers, 3S merchants. 17 ptayz ians, 14 ministers, 4 c="A. law rers, 14 United State and county oih ers, 19 railroad, insurance, machine nd other agents, 2 cashiers, 4 mill nanufacturers, 1 mill superintendent, . editor, 5 teachers, 4 engineers, 3 con ractors, 1 lumber and turpentine dea er, 4 dentists, 1 surveyor, 5, druggists, mechanics, 1 shoemaker, 1 livery nan. "From 401 definite answers to the tustion, 'Of what church are you a nember?' we tind that there are in the chool: 113 Baptists. 122 Presbyteri ins, 105 Methodists, 39 Episcopalians, Lutherans, 5 A. R. Presbyterians, 4 Da4holics, 2 Jews, 1, Universalist, I hritian. "The average age of the students is .8 years and three months. "This fact alone, indicating maturi y bf mind, is assurance of earnest iess on the part of the student body md of a purpose to make the most of he opportunities offered by the Col ege.". ADMISSION REQUIRE3IENTS. "The College is open to girls who tre not less than 15 years of age and tre of sound physical health. A good inowledge of the ordinary branches )f an English education is required for idmission. "The work of the College, which is 6 part of the public school system of heState,has been so arranged that thos irls who have properly utilized the >pportnities offered by the best comn non schools may avail themselves of he advantages provided by the State tt this institution. One year of pre yaratory work has been provided for he present." COURSES OF STUDY. "The courses of study are arrar geli n conformity with the purposes 01 the ~stablishment of the College, to sec tire ;o its pupils, besides the opportunities >f high culture and a broad and liberal ~ducation, also training in the science mnd art of teaching and in those parc ical studies pertaining to the various epartments of domestic, artistic, or :ommercial industry by which women nay be qualified to becume home nakers or bread-winners. While em basizing the practical and useful in ducation, it is not the design or in ention to neglect the aesthetic side." TEACHER TRAINING. "One of the gratest needs of the tate is more well educated and :horoughly trained teachers-teachers >f broad scholarship and culture and with thorough professional training. As is the teacher, so is the school.' f the State maintains public schools r her children, she must of necessity e to it that they are properly taught. i poor teacher is worse than none. L'eacher training therefora should re eive special consideration in any cheme for the education of woman >oth for her own sake and for the :ommon schools of the State. In the work of this department it is recog iized that nothing can take the place f generous scholarship in a teacher hat one cannot teach that which~ she joes not know." "For observation and practice in eaching on the part of the student eachers, a practice school of eighty ix children, in the first six years of chool life, is conducted in connection vith the college. The board of trus ees of the Rock Hill Graded School ontribute annually to the mnaiten ince of this department, inasmuch as hildren are instructed in it who ould otherwise attend the Graded school." COST OF ATTENDANCE. "It has been the aim of the board, n the organization and management f the collegre, to bring the best educt ion easily within the reach of people f limited means, and they believe his has been attained. Board, includ ng furnished room, light, heat and ashing, is furnisned at eight and a ialf dollars a month; $76;.50 for the mtire session. With the matricula ion and medical fees and cost of ooks, and forty dollars for tuition, Ldded to this cost, the regular expen es of a session of nine months amount *o only one hundred and thirty-one Ld a half dollars. Music, elocution td art are optionsl and extra studies, m a small fee is charged those who ;ake either of them. "Under the Act establishing the ollege pupils unable to pay are ad nitted free of tuition. But free tui ion is given only upon a written tatement by the parent or guardian >f inability to pay, certified to as cor -ect by the county auditor, except in ;he case of the State's scholarship stua ients and daughters of ministers. Chis rule is rigidly enforced. "The average to'. expenses of a ree tuition student last session war. ~111.2 for the full nine months, and .f one spends more than this amount .t will be for extras, entirely optional, yr ior personal expenses, for which ;he college cannot be held responsible. Ve feel that we are jastined in claim og that very few instituticns offer as aany advantages at so small a cost as Winthrop College." UNIFoRM'~ DRESS. "The richest girl in our school can ot be distinguished from the poorest v her dress. All students, without eicepton, whether regular or special, are required to wear a uniform dress to secure economy and to promote euality of opportunity." sCUoJ-.SHIPs. "The scholarships in Winthrop Col lege were increased in number by the last Gnel Assmbly to J2t. Each ulty was increased by the addition of four inctructors to teach modern Ian - guages, reading and elocution, physi ologv and nygiene and mathematics and Enzlish. There are now twentv five teachers in all in the institution, not including the pcstgraduates, who are doing some work as tutors." CHRIsTMAS HOLIDAY. "There was but one day holiday for Chris:mas given by the College this session and the experiment seems to have been a success. This arrange ment was made to save the parents ex tra railroad fare, and to prevent the serious demoralization of the College work, always consequent upon the breaking up of school within three months after the opening of the ses sion. "It is the common experience that protracted holidays are a serious inter ruption to school work when students live some distance from College and go home to spend the time. "As a result students almost inevi tably lose interest in their studies and after their return to school are often unfit for schoolduties for some time from the effects of dissipation while at home "In compensation for the shorten ing of the Christmas holidays the ses sion will close earlier in June, and the students will thus escape some hot days at school so enervating to stu dents, coming, as they do, at the end of a session of hard work. "We will omit the details in the es timate of expenses for the coming year. The total amount asked is: For current expenses, $S0,103; for the new dormitory, complete in every par ticular and furnished ready for use, estimated by a careful and experienc ed builder, $29,613. "The amount of appropriation therefore needed to carry out the mod erate plans of the board and provide a boarding place for the large number of kririz cf .mited meaus, who are now ebarred the great privileges of the College for the lack of the dormitory accommodations, is i$59,716. "In closing this report the board desires to extend to you a cordial in vitation to visit Winthrop College in a body, to see for yourselves what great things have been accomplished with the money appropriated by the State to make a tardy provision for the normal, industrial and liberal ed ucation of her daughters, and to con sider the wisdom and necessity of completing the plant as originally de signed, in order that it may answer the full purpose of its establishment. "In conformity with the borad and generous scope of the College as out lined in the Act creating it, the board have planned to build up an institu tion the equal of any of its kind in the country, and they feel sure that their work will meet with your un qualified approval and with that of all other broadminded. patriotic citizens of the State." The Electoral Vote. NEW YoRK, Jan. 12.-The following is the electoral vote by states as the result of the meeting of the various electors yesterday: Alabama-Bryan and Sewall 11. Arkansas-Bryan 8; Sewall 5; Wat son 3. California-McKinley and Hobart 8; Bryan 1; Sewall 1. Colorado-Bryan 4; Sewall 4. Connecticut-McKinley and Hobart Delaware-McKinley and Hobart 3. Florida-Bryan 4; Se wall 4. Georgia-Bryan 13; Sewall 13. Idahic-Bryan and Sewall 3. Illinois-McKinley and Hobart 24. Indiana-McKinley and Hobart 15. Iowa-McKinley and Hobart 13 Kansas-Bryan and Sewall 10. Kentucky-McKinley and Hobart 12; Bryan and Sewall 1. Louisiana-Bryan and Sewall 8. Maine-McKinley and Hobart 6. Maryland-McKinley and Hobart 8. Massachusetts-McKinley and Ho bart 15. Michigan-Mckinley and Hobart 14. Minnesota-Mckinley and Hobart Mississipi-Bryan and Sewall 9. Missouri-Bryan 17: Sewall 13; Watson 4. Montana-Bryan and Sewall 3. Nebraska-Brya.; Sewall 4; Wat son 4. Nevada-Bryan and Sewall 3. New Hampshire-McKinley and Hobart 4. New Jersey-Mc-inley and Hobart New York-McKinley and Hobart North Carolina--Bryan 11: Sewall 6; Watson 5. North Dakota-McKinley and Ho bart 3. Ohic-Mckinley and Hobart 23. Oregon-McKinley and Hobart 4. Pennsylvania-McKinley and Ho bart 32. Rhode Island McKinley and Ho bart 4. South Carolina -Bryan and Sewall South Dakota-Bryan and Sewall 4. Tennessee-Bryan and Sewall 12. Texas-Brvan and Sewall 15. Utah-Bryan 3; Sewall 2; Watson Vermont --Mckinley and Hobart 4. Virginia-Bryan and Sewail 12. Washington-Bryan and Sewall 4. West Virginia--Mckinley and Ho bart 6. Wisconsin -McKinley and Hobart Wyoming--Bryan 3; Sewall 2; Watson 1. Total-McKinley and Hobart 271: Bryan 176; Sewall 15S; Watson 18. Many People Massacred. LoNDoN, Jan. 12.-Dispatches re ceived at the foreign office this morn ing, confirm the previous reports of the massacre by wild tribesmen, in the territory of the king of Benin, of the members of the British expedition which left the coast of Upper Guinea on January 1. intending to proceed to Benin in the Niger coast protectorate. The confirmatory reports say that all of the whites comprised in the expedi tion, together with 243 native carriers, were killed, and that only seven Kroomen escaped. The expedition consisted of Acting Consul General Phillips, Major Copeland Crawford, Captain Beisragon, who was the com mandant of the force of the Niger coast protectorate; Captain Maling, belonging to the same force; Messrs. Powis anid Gordon, civilians, and a large number of Kroomen and native carriers. Will Take It. CmNos. U., Jan. 13.-A message received hiere from Washington to night makes it reasonably certain that Senator Sherman's present inten tion is to accept the position of secre tary of State in President Mckinley's cabinet. It was intimated to Senator Sherman several days ago that Maj. Mckinley would be glad to know whether he would be inclined, to ac cept a cabinet position, and he has de cided to acce pt. Burnt to Death. Sot'sS. C., Jao. 12.-The little daughter of Henry Scarborough, eight years old, living near this place, died the other day of burns. She stood too near a blazing fire and her dress caught and she ran with the dress in a blaze. When finally overtaken, shne wa exauste ..ndatally burned. HIS LAST MESSAGE. I')NTiN 1 -lE M FJ r:<JNE. coller, but why or wherefure is a matt, r fcr your own speculation. President Craigbend comments upon the fact that one-balf of his students are in the preparatory department and assigns as his reasons that boys can not obtain at home a good preparatory education. If this cannot be dore. each county or each congressional dis trict should have at leastone school where boys and girls could be fittedi for college at a cost not exceeding that at Clemson. The facts willnot bear out the president in this, for there is not a county in the State that has not a high school that could not prepara boys to enter the junior class at Clem son and upon terms equally as rea sonable as that afforded at the college. The best evidence of this is the fact that the South Carolina college has a higher standard than Clemson with no fitting school and its enrollment of students equals Clemson should be abolished instead of coming in com petition with the high schools of the State. The State supports the free ecomon schools, and there is no rea son why the people should be taxed to support a high school at this college. Make the college what it ought to be -a high institution of learning-and do not fill it up with boys anxious to don a uniform and be placed upon a footing with college students, and I believe the college will be more pros perous. The buildings and equipment of this institution are the equal of any in the south and the State has spared no expense in making it a success. In fact, it has been the idol of the Re form movement and the people have dealt with it with a lavish hand and if there is any failure to fullfill the ex pectations of the people. the blame must rest where it belongs-upon the shoulders of those charged with its management. The income of the col lege for the past year is as follo ws: the past year was $91,924.55, made up as follows: Privilege tax..............$51,273.37 Land scrip fund............ 5,754.00 Clemson bequest........... 3,512 36 Balance on hand........... 4,291.78 Morrill fund.....,......... 10,821.04 Hatch U. S. appropriation... 15,000.00 Convict labor value......... 4,272.00 Total....................$94,924.55 No account is given of the value of products from the farms and dairies and no account given for tuition fees from students. It is unfair to the other institutions of the State to com pel students to pay tution and make no effot to enforce the same rule at this institution. Something is wrong somewhere, as with all these advan tages the enrollment of students is growing less every year. The whys and wherefores you must discover. OTHER 'MATTERS. The total taxable property in the State is shown to be $170,755,474-an increase, in one year, of $1,306,533. The total tax for the past year nas been $2.317,889.48. The phosphate royalty has decreased from $87,220.13 in 1895 to $60,853.76 in 1896-a loss of $26,346.37. The income of all the railroads in the State was $3,303,47.57-an in crease of $667,925.89. There is only one railroad now in the hands of a re ceiver. The State Hospital for the Insane is in first-class condition. The cost of maintenance has been reduced from $131.05 per patient in 1890 to $107.80 in 1896. The appropriation asked for this y ear is $116,350. The county chain gangs have work ed satisfactorily. The Governor re commends that the law be changed so that convicts whose terms ao not ex ceed ten years may work in the chain gangs. The present limit is two years. The State militia is in excellent con dition and the Governor recommends its continued support. The penitentiary is reported to be "in a healthy and sound condition." The disbursements for the year have been $8S3,3 16.70, for everything, and the receipts, from every source, $62, 125.17-deficit $22,191L53. This is coversd by cotton and provisions on hand. The Governor "is satis fled that the institution is in a better con dition than it has ever been." The public schools and the colleges also make a better showing than ever before. In 1890 the total enrollment ii the schools was 201,260-89,372 whites and 111,888 colored. In 1896 it was 232,337-109,159 whites and 123,178 colored. The length of the scLool term has been gradually in creased and it is confidently believed tha'. it will this year reach six months, the minimum set in the Constitution. Ta2e South Carolina College has 261 students-157 being from 29 counties in this State. the rest from other States. The Governor recommends the usual appropriations. .Phe total enrollment at the Citadel Academy has been 127, against 146 the year previous. The appropriation desired is $m.Qo for the suppor-t o: d beneticiaries and $3,000 for equipmentj and repairs. The Governor commends the institution to the '"tender care and consideration" of the general assenm bly. The institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind is in excellent shape. The money needed there is $19,000 for support, $900 for repairs, $8,000 fcr buildings for colored pupils and $1,620 for electric lights and laun dry plant-total $32,520. At Winthrop Normal and Industrial College there are Q35 college students, with 72 children in the practice school. Eight hundred young wo men applied for admission last sum mer. A new dormitory is needed, to cost $3S0,000. The trustees ask for $59,71-$30.103 for maintenance and $29,61:3 for the dormitory. Tne col lege has proven a great success. The colored Normal and Industrial College at Orangeburg is doing excel lent work. There were 960 students enrolled in October, though the ac commodations can comfortably take only about 000. Other buildings are necessary. The law as to the formation of new counties needs amendment, and the Governcr commends the subject to the attention of the Legislature. CONCLUSiON. The new year finds our State and her people and her institutions in a prosperous and happy condition, and I cannot help but feel a just pride in the showing made for the past two years.Our farmers have been blessed with abundant crops of all kinds: our industries nave nearly doubled and have paid handsome dividends to in -estors; our credit at home and abroad ranks with that of much richer States: our people are becomiag more econom ical and adding materially to our wealth and comforts. We have no riots or uprisings of a serious nature, and education, Christianity, temper ance and devo ion to relgious princi pes characterize our citizenship. In conclusion, permit me to say that I have endeavored to present to you the ccndition of the State and the several departments without any high sound ing praise of ohicials or attempt toI conceal the true status of affairs. Facts are stubborn things sometimes, but you are enttled to have facts, and not opinions. As chief executive, I have 'endeavored to be charitable 'in dealing with some phases off humanity, and possibly I ha-ye been too much so. I have the satisfaction of knowing, however tat the interets of the )untv was given as many as it has Repres!ninive in the Uouse of Re reentaUves. Th~ese schoiarships are worth ea.h 14 in money and free tu ition, and ;re awarded upon competi tire exa-m'inatiois hell by competent boards, aorvinted f'r the purpose, in the court houses of each county oU the same day, the sa'ne ists of 'ques tions be:'.ng used. This comparative examination is open to all girls of the county who are at least 15 years of age, ofr saund physical healtii and in tend to teach." IN 1:1 iRM A 1"Y. "An iniirnary, connected with the dormitory by a cvered waV,has been built since tbe close of the last session. It is modelled after the most approved modern hospitals and contains wards, physicians' sleeping and consultation rooms. nurse's room, drug room. bata room, dining room, diet kitchen and every other convenience necessary for such a building. Soecial cire has been taken to secure for it the best kind of plumbing and to prv-ide the most ef fective system of henating and ventila tion. "We have secured a skillful, expe rienced female physician to take charge of the infirmary. She resides at the college and is constantly on hand, day and night, to look after the health of the students. She is also to teach ph)yology and hygiene and instruct the students in the care of their health and thus do more, proba bly, in preventing disease than in curing it. "With the pure water and fine cli mate of Rock Hill, the perfect ventila tion and complete severage of the col lege, and the healthful exercises and regular habits of the s. udents, it is not expected that there will be much sick nks3, but it is the purpose of the col lege authorities to be thoroughly pre pared to take care of the fe w who may be sick. "The health of the "4ente 7e7e very good, indeed, last session, apart frG"Athe measles, which was epidem ic throuzhout the State." FARM AND GARDEN'. "The college farm of 144 acres. within less than a mile of the college, is used to supply vegetables, fruit and milk, and thas cheapen the cost of board to the pupils and add to their comfort and health. Cattle are fat tened on the farm and good beef is thus secured at much less than mark et prices. At the farm also hogs are being raised and fattened at little or no expense upon the refuse from the college kitchen." "During the last summer a large barn was built on the farm and a herd of cows bought to start a dairy, All of the sweet milk used at the col lege this session, from forty to fifty gallons a day, has been furnished from the farm at a cost not exceeding nine cents a gallon. The college had to pay fifteen cents a gallon for milk last year. All the beef has been fur nished, of the best quality, at a cost not exceeding four and a half cents a pound. "Much valuable work has been done on the farm during the past year, and it has been much improved by terrac ing. ditching and drain-tiling. An orchard of more than eight hundred trees, early and late varieties, has been planted and preparation made for raising many of the smaller fruits. The crops were good this year. A large quantity of oats and 1,200 bush els of corn were harvested. "The college grounds have been greatly improved during the year. Walks and drives have been laid out. gravelled and mnacadamized and put in condition to last for years. A neat iron and wire fence has been built around the grounds, adding much to appearance and security of the prop erty." 'LIBRARY AND READING ROOMS. "The library is an invaluable and in dispensable adjunct to the College, It now contains over eighteen hun dred columns of well selected books, dictionaries, reference books, works on education and standard works on art, science and literature. Many valumes were added to it during the past ses sion with the appropriation of $1,700 for this purpose from the Legislature, and it is the intention to add to it every year." LECTURES AND CDNCERTS. "The College management provides good lectures, concerts and other en tertainments for the students on suit able occasions during the session. The large and well appointed audito rium of the College is well adopted to this purpose. It is believed that in this way students may get needed rec reation and much profit, and may en joy advantages for general cvlture unsurpassed at any institution-" ALUJINAE ASSOCIATION. "A large and active Alumnae Asso ciation of the graduates of the Win throp College, at Columbia transfers its allegiance to the enlarged institu tion at Rock Hill. It has been, and continues to be. most helpful in ad vancing the interests of the institu tion. An interesting meeting of this association was held at the College during commencement week and its membership was increased by the twenty-two graduates of 1896, making in all t wo hundred and eighteen alum nae, earnest, devoted women, trained teachers, most of whom are teaching in this State and by their work and example elevating the tone and stand ard of the common schools." RELIGIOUS LIFE. "The religious life of the institution is carefully guarded. Attendance up on their own churches or the church es to which their parents or guardians belong is required of the students ev ery Sunday morning except in case of sickness or other good excuse. They are accompanied by members of the faculty belonging to the same church es. By arrangement with the Minis terial Union of Rock Hill the minis ters of the different denominations preach in regular order in the College chapel on Sunday nights. Preaching is thus provided for every Sunday night in the month. Attendance up on Sunday- school is encouraged." YUNG w03IEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSoCIA TIoN. "This association was organized in the College last session. 1t exerts a strong influence upon its religious life. There are nearly one hundred young women belonging to it, band ed together for Christian work and mutual help in Christian living. D'ISCIPLINE. "There has been no friction or trov ble in the discipline of the school. The whole government is conceived and executed with a vIe w of making the College a pleasant, busy and, therefore, happy and wvell-:rdered home. Its object is to develop self control, high character aod a desire to do the right. "-Self-government is festered as far as possible. "A tine spirit of earnestness and loyalty pervades the student body, and the girls, as a rule, are pain stak ing and conscientious in the perform ance of all their duties.' FACCILTY. " The board have spared no pains in secuing for the College the best teacher-s obtainable-men and women of high Christian character and pur pose and of the best professional train ing, and they are working together ably and harmoniously for the com mon good. '-To meet the needs of the enlarged -o of the prntn seion of the fac State have not surieret La stirren Lierl in MY )m miSSion to th peoole who tave it to me, I do N) with the :onscioIsuess of hav 0 M>n. m duty .s be I I s Taw : T bdrt -sti' Upon the chief exceativ- ar -y no means lilht. ard his pub is _v no means an easy one Make erem is he riust, and friends are someti nes ene mit-s ia disguise. There are s me whom I am proud to cill my enimies; there are none whom I fear to meet. To my political enemies, let me say that I cherisn no malice towards those who have fought me fairly. and in the mutations of politics we may yet be friends fighting side by side against those whose hands I have stayed from the public till. Let me thank those of my colleagues who have rendered me much valuable assistance in con ucting the atfairs of the State, and without whose advice I could hardly have succeeded. I invoke the blessings of Gd upon you and your Jeliberations, and wish my successor a happy and prosperous idministration. Joits GAry EVANS, Governor. How the senate Will Stand. The indications now are that the next United States Senate will be very .lose. with good chances of an anti Republican majority. This is not very cheering for Mr. McKinley and those who think with him on the tar iff and other questions. The Atlanta Journal figures out that thirty-one senatorial seats will be vacant on the ith of March next. One of these is the vacancy from Delaware, caused by the failure of the last legislature to lect. Thirty senators retire by rea ;on of the expiration of their terms. Of the 59 hold-3ycr senators, 2S are Republicans, 21 are silver Democrats, ' are sound money Democrats, 3 are Populists, and 3 are silverites or silver Republicans. Of the 30 outeoing senatcrs. 10 are Republicans, 10 are silver Democrats, 4 sound money Democrats, 3 Populists and : silver ites. In seven states the legislatures have already made choice of senators. enators Morrill and Allison have been re-elected; Senators Pugh, Blanchard and Gordon, Democrats, are to be succeeded by Messrs. Pettus, McEnery and Clay, who are of the same party; while in Maryland Mr. Wellington, Republican, displaces Senator Gibson, Democrat, and in Ohio, Mr. Foraker Republican, displaces Senator Brice, Democrat. Adding these senators to the hold-overs, we have -32 Republi cans, 24 silver Democrats, 4 sound money Democrats, 3 Populists and 3 silverites before any of this month's elections are held. Of the 24 remain ig seats, 10 are certain to be filled by Republicans. They will be elected in California, Connecticut, Illinois, In diana, North Dakota, New Hamp shire, New York, Oregon, Pennsyl vania and Wisconsin. Four States are sure to choose Democrats: Ar kansas, Florida, Missouri and South Carolina. In eignt of the remaining ten states, namely, Colorado, Dela ware, Idaho. Kansas, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah and Washington, anti Republicans control the legislatures, and nothing but the inability of those elements to combine can prevent the election of Democrats or silverites or Populists. The other two states are Kentucky, whose legislature is Repub lican. and will probably elect a Re publican senator, and North Carolina, where the re-election of Senator Pritch ard, Republican, turns upon the inter pretation which the Populist mem bers of the legislature put upon their fu sion pledges. Even if the Republi cans should elect Senators in Ken tucky and North Carolina one more vote besides that of the vice president will be needed to give a Republican majority in the senate. There is no chance for them to get that one vote, and President McKinley may as well make up his mind to have an anti-Re publican Senate. A Sweeping Charge. The Augusta Chronicle, comment ing on the divorce record of that city says: While so far there have been but a few petitions for divorce entered in the issue docket of the superior court for the April term, Augusta has in the past few years gotten a scanda lous reputation throughout the United States for the size of her divorce mill, and the frequency of the grindings. It is a reputation not in the least to be envied and one that Augusta does rot deserve by a great deal. And yet there stand the figures as boldly as though cut in marble and then paint e d black. Looking back over the past sessions of the superior court one will find di vorces innumerable, but if they will take the trouble to look at the names of the persons interested, few of them re familiar. In fact, divorce among Augustans is a rarity, for married couples seem to live here in greater harmony than in any other city on the globe. The conditions are such that a man can se:arcely fall out with his wife or vice versa andi so they abide tegethe:' under the happiest circumstances. The above t wo statements made seem cntradictory to the last degree. What then is the solution of the problem? Right across the river is a stato in which the laws relating to marriage are easy, and yet under no circum itances ecn a divorce be obtained. Eere is the primary cause. Persons there marry, and marry sometimes hastily. Thay repent of their folly in year or so and seek release from the bonds that bind them. They cannot get it, and so there is but one course left them. In Georgia persons resi dent of the state for one year can ap ply for divorce and as there are many onditions under which they can get them, the unhappy man or woman moves to Augusta, the nearest point From most towns of South Carolina. After living here for a year they make heir application. The cast then goes brough the terms of the court and so :he work is accomplished. If started t the right time it only takes a year to go through the three terms of the ourt, and thus a residence in Georgia >f two years completes the release. It .s a fact that three fourths of the di vorces obtained in the superior court f Richmond county are gotten by ersons who are in reality citizens of South Carolina. Unless the laws of 3eorgia are so changed as to make di orce harder to obtain, Augusta is lia ble for all timne to have her divorce ourts business s welled to an alar m ng degree above what it in reality hould be. This is a very serious charge that he Chronicle makes against South aroina and we are inclined to think .hat our cotemporary is mistaken in its ~weepiag charge that at least three ourtths of the divorce business of her ~ourts are furnished by south Caro ia-. .But if our cotempray .vants to et rid of the civorce nuisance alto ~eter, we would advise them to do a se do over here, let those who want ivorces go somewhere else to get it. Believe d in Sliv er. Cvsraxx~s Ky., Jan. 13 .-Maji Jacob Crostwaith died at his home at Donnersville yesterday. An ardent 'ree silver Demnocrat in life. Maij. rosthwait left a will in which he di ected that the base of this monutnent~ >e of silver, on which to be the in scription: "FYree silver at the ratio of 6 to i." The will will probably be ontested by the relatives of Cros th TREASUR R COP S'MURDER Iv 3 h -a i d in a ,,r. V. e~ P k :1 i 9 ocra'. D a C. Marphy, c )n vi f of t ji- murd:.r of th e e i-U,)a y T. isurer Coprs was brougit from the Periitentiary last week and re s-i; tenced to be hung on March 5. When Murphy appeared in Court ht v-.v cleau and next in appearan e. and looked as if he was being well taken care of in the Penitentiary. In his demeanor he was sullen and dedant, and had not changed much in that r spect since his trial. After beinz placed in the "dock" and asked the usual question: What had he to say why sentence of death should not be pasied upon him; he replied that he did have something to say, which was that he was not gui!Ly, and he seemed inclined to speak further, bat his at torney stopped him, and advised him not to speak. Then Judge Wither spoon read to him the sentence of the Court, which was that he should be -hanged by the neck until dead" on Friday, March 5, next, between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock. Murphy was taken back to Colum bia on Tuesday evening and will be kept e nfined in the penitentiary. The Columbia Register sayson the way up his case was discussed by the passen gers on the train, "and much sympa thy was shown for him. In fact the passenger3 made up a purse for hin and he probably received P 1as sengers gave nim half doliars ard dol lars with great liberality, and Murphy probably has more mon',y today than he has ever had before." T.,e Regis ter is mistaken in this. Murphy got some thirty odd dollars from Mr. Copes when he murderel him. On the same train that took Murphy to Columbia, Capt. Jas. H. Fanning. of this city, also went to Cilumbia. Mur phy earnestly requested Capt. Fan ning to cotae to the Penitentiary at 12 o'clock Wednesday to see him. He said be would make a statement at that hour which would give a very different complexion to his case, and be urged Capt. Fanning not to fail him. In secordance with his promise Capt. Fanning, accompanied by a re porter of the Columbia Register, drove up to the penitentiary gate a little af ter 12 o'clock, and Capt. Westfield led the way to Murphy's cell. It wss a raw, cold day outside, bat a small wood stove made the prisoner's narro w quarters comfortable, and a yellow cat placidly dczing in the only chair the cell afforded inparted a home like air to the barren brick and mortar room that, under the circamstances, was almost startling. Throughout the interview that followei the cat never stirred. It was evidently at peace with itself and all the world in strange contrast to the worn, hag gard man in whose chair it slept. Murphy waslying down when his vis itors appeared at his grated door. He at once began to cough when he caught sight of Captain Westfield, and im plored that official .o let him have a little whiskey and quinine for his cold. Capt. Westdela promised that this request should be granted, and after that Murphy coughed but twice in the hour and a half during which he fenced off all attempts to draw a statement from him. When the prisoner came to the grating, Captain Fanning reminded him of his promise of the day before. He told Murphy that he had come solely to help him, if possible: in oth er words, that if he had any thing to say that would 'vindicate his innocence, or palliate his guilt, it should be giv en to th~e public. Murphy remained silent for some moments after this. He looked at Captain Fanning and at the reporter with a curious expression in his eyes-half inquiry, half suspi cious. Then he began to talk at ran dom, skirting all around the promised st itement, but never directly approach ing it. He intimated that beftore say ing anything definite he would like to have Capt. Westfield write to Sheriff Hagins and Mr. G. vV. Mi. Williams, of Palatka, Florida, for certain "state ments" that they could make which, he claimed, would materially help out his own revelations. Murphy appeared, indeed, to forget, or to be oblivious, to the fact that his case had passed forever out of the jua risdiction of the courts, and that nis only chance of life lay with the Gov ernor of the State. He talked as if a new trial were a possibility, if not a probability, and seemed to be fearful that he might in some way so commit himself that it would be used as evi dence against him. He said that F. W. Wagener & Co , of Charleston, and John Morgan, of Aiken, could al so furnish facts that would establish his innocence, and requested that they be written to forthwith. He rambled og, in this parposeless manner for so long that Capt. Fanning at last tried to give Murphy's thoughts another turn, hoping that in this way he might be i&d around to the subject up permost. In answer to questions, Murphy said he didn't know just exactly how old he was, but thought he was be tween 29 and :30. He said the first Governor he could remember was Wade Hampton, and that seemed to be his only landmark to count from He said he was born near Edisto and married Miss Barrs, of Barn well Coun - ty, "about" six years ago. He had had three children, two of whom were dead. Captain Fanning then asked Murphy if it was not about time to make nis promised statement-if he had one to make- M1urphy declared he was anxious to mn ake one, and then went upon another tro-t He turned to Captain Westield, ao1 J id: -'If you'd been here, u~wtain, they wouldn't hav'e ripped the buttons otl my clothes in that cell over ther-e, would they? T. D. Mitchell h Id my head bet ween his knees whi'e ) -tect lye Weeks pulled the buttons oil - Murphy was here referring to the buttons from his clothes thast were used as evidence against him.>ov his whereabouts, at his !ri e: .a uhis remark of his is on a par Wi~n tthe rel evancy of alt he had to say. Captain Fanning reminded him taat the time was very sh~rt in which-if he were innocent-any work could be done in his behalf, Hie reminded im~ thiat courts, lawyers, ar-I !rials were, in his case, things of t - i-t: that the Governor w'as the Ouiy verson ali-e who eculd help him n~o v: :-id that unless ne could arnd wouo i nake a statement thiat would aro-. o ublic sympathy for him, he was dou nd be yond all hope. Murpbiy replied to this that he was "prepoaring his soul for da;tn,"- an-i a the same breath said that te was re.;'2; and anxious to make a statemrta. oi would niot do so until Sheriif LHagins and other-s, already nirned, iall been written to. lHe was told th v'. he hrcd evryitYin to gain ani notning tol lo e by .aking a statement' at ouca; th - wn-atever the gentlezseu bcan mi-ht say would not nov alter the ene ant that his words would be t-ak en down jist as they fell from his lips, and in the piresetnce of an~yone ne mght desire-out all to no avail. If ie na d anyvthing to say, he ha-i dark reaso9s fo king~ a to himself; but the preoabliy la t2t r: ad nothing of real impcrsarice to communicate, nothing that would muaterialty alter the facts that had been broeneht to __ht. PRDE Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. H1ighest of all in leavenin- strength. -Late.St United States Jovern pnl Food Peport. ROAL BAKING PowDER Co., New York. and realizing this, knowing that when once he had s id his say all hope from him would cease, he determined to play a "waiting game." taking the desperate chance that if he refused to speak. a stay of execution might be granted to give him an opportunity to unburden himself, and ttus aoother delay occur that would put off his fate to a distant day. No other interpretation of his si lence - :gests itself. Murphy does not 1ok like the sort of man who would sacrifice himself for the sake of an accomplice-however near to him that accomplice might be; and so, it seems but reasonable to suppose that if he could save his neck, and have his sentence commuted, he would speak out at this critical moment, and speak loud and long. Instead, he dis missed his visitors yesterlay, with vazue promises of future statemnents, and renewed assertion that he was anxious to tell all he knew-if the let ters he requested to be written (and they will be written) bring forth "certain facts." Saying this for the last time, Murphy turnea away. A ad the cit still dozed peacefully in nis chair. The Columbia Register, from which paper the above interview with Mur phy is taken, says "Murphy d:clares he is innocent of the crime of which he stands c-nvicted, yet refuses to make a statement that will exonerate him. It would seem that if Murphy is really in tIhe possession of any fac:s, the publication of which would clear him of the death penalty hinging over him, it is high time for him to speak out. Seven weeks are a short enough period in any man's life, but to him who stands in the shadow of the gal lows they surely must pass with the rapidity of a dream. Yet, if it be true that Murphy has but to speak to stay his impending doom, he is strangely indifferent to his fate." There is notb ing strange in Murphy's silence. In our opiaion Murphy is the man who killed Robert Capes. He may had accomplices, but he was the moving spirit in the awtul crime. He does not wish to c:nfess this, and that is the reason he is silent. Suicides and Mlurders. Wiaether the suicide and the mur dering mania which comes upon the people at times and impels them to take the lives ei'.her of themselves or of other people be one of the many ''providential dispensations" whereby the population is prevented from reach ins excessi ve limits, or whether it be that it is the perversity of human na ture which leads people to be guilty of such acts because they are forbidlden, we do not profess exactly to know but in either case, the taking of life went~ on at a pretty lively pace during the year 1896. The total number of murders that were committed in the course of the t welve months amounted, according to statistics collected by the Chicago Tribune, to the tidy figure of 10,65g. This number is only a trifle over tbe 10,500 murders in 1895, and pernaa the nigh-water mark in that species of crime has been, or is about to be reached. But at all events murder has increased at an appalling rate since 1890, from whose tslly of 4,23t it has climbed by rapid strides to its. last year's sum-an increase in ser a years of 148 per cent! The folio ing are the motives to or ocasions of mur der, so far as is kno wn: Q aarrels...................53 U nkno wn..................3, 26 Jealousy................... 401 Liquor....................... 459) By highwaymen............... 20*) Infanticide................... 3C0 Resisting arrest................. 52 Highwaymen killed............100 Insanity...................... 253 Self-defence.................... 48 Strikes....................... 10 Outrages..................... 28 Riots........................- j1 Turning to the subjec:, or suicide. we find that it to2 has increased very rapidly in the course of the la-t six years-more rapidly in fac; thia mar der has; and if the Almighty, as~ the prince suggests in the play, n isrestly "fixed his canon 'gainst seLf-slau'n ter," the canon is being disregasrded in quite merry fasion. In 189J tae cases of suicide numbe-ed ~ 019- in '91 3,531; in '923,880; in .'3 4. In ; u 9 5,75w: and in 1890 they nuubareu 6,52.). Tnis was an increase, it will be observed, of 4 4S) in the s irea years, or 219 per ceut. It murder and suicide go on increasing at tcis tigure, it is onlya question 0: a c au:a -y or two when tne violence of its osa citi zens will depopulate i Uaited States and leave it open t , another Columbus-disCOvery. Tue chief reason cor saialde in 1S9e6 as in previous years was "despaaden v" as it is called-that continuid: hart sickness which impels the suffer er to get "any where," any where out. of tue wvorld. Insamity was a mae rial factor in causing suicide, no fe v er than 1?S insane people taking their ownl lives. Iliiheateh drove out 2S6 persons, domestic infelicity 232 per sons, liquor 22t persuns, oastness losses 105 person:. ad~ disappointed love 180 persons, to voi ata--ily hand in toeir cuecks. Bat a more interestiag p~int, per haros. in connjecti witu. tae 6,52t) sicides of 1S590 than the impaises whnichi drove so m"any to make a tiaal e Port to end- iife's misery is the route by which they severa'iy 'etected to mnate their exit. INilson and the pistoi sti1J strive with eaca other for paouiar -a'r among thosc wno are anxtous to IuS as r-natureiv to the furthershore; last y-ear, 2,565~paisoned themnselves while 2,4-> used the pistol: 643 hang ed themselves. :: drovrned them selveCs, 2SS cit tiAr ::roat, 64tr themselves ftrcrm i s a n uodws, 11 threw inafL~ res before railway trains, 30 burned themrselves, 19 :sabb ed themselves. 9 killed themselves with dynamite, 3 starved themselves, and 1 fr.e himseif to dsa..