The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 09, 1898, Image 1
VOL. _rII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1898. NO. 33.
ADRIFT FOR FIVE DAYS.
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF AN
OCEAN STEAMER.
The Terror of Her Three Hundred and
Ocid Passengers Cannot ba Described
She Is at Last Rescued by Another
Steamer.
For five days and nights the large
ocean steamsbiu La Champagne, run
ning between New York and Havre,
drifted about on the ocean at the
mercy of the waves. La Champagre
sailed from Havre on February 12
with fine. clear weather, which con
tinued for two days. Then the wind
freshened and a gale sprang up. blow
ing with moderate force. All went
well until the 17th. The passengers
had settled down and were passing
the time pleasantly. The ship was
steaming fast against the head seas,
when suddenly, about 4 o'clcck, a
tremendous crashing sound was heard
in the engine rooms. In an instant a
panic seized the passengers, and great
excitement prevailed in the saloons
and among the cccupants of the steer
age. The ship's passage was stayed
and heavy poundings shook the whole
craft. Cart. Poirot quickly calmed
the passengers, and soon after it was
discovered that the tail screw shaft
had broken. The steamer was run
ning at high speed, and the engines
flew around like lightning when the
resistance of the screw was removed,
and before they could be stopped much
damage was done in the engine room.
The wild racing of the big engines
made a great noise, and the terrified
passengers thought the ship would be
smashed to pieces. Finally the en
gines stopped their pounding after the
piston and connecting rods had snap
ped. Capt. Poirot announced that the
injury could be repaired and the ship
would proceed at 1 o'clock next day.
She wasput about, but after further
examination it was found that the
damage -was irreparable. Nothing
remained to be done but anchor. La
Champagne was then in latitude
45 28, longitude 5123, just in the
track of outward bound steamers. The
passengers and crew were hopeful of
being sighted by some passing steamer
but a thick fog sprang up, blighting
their hopes, The ship was shrouded
in fog and nothing could be seen on
either side. The steamer kept up a
continual fire of guns and discharge
of rackets, but no answer came to their
signals, and on Friday the captain
dispatched a boat containing eight men
and the third officer, either to make
land or sight a passing steamer.
That night a fierce gale rose and
heavy seas dashed against the big
steamer on the Banks. The anchor
chains strained and swung and the
ship was tossed about like a feather.
" After midnight the gale increased in
fury and at 4 o'clock Saturday morn
ing the anchor hawser parted with a
snap and the ship drifted southward.
The situation was critical in the ex
treme. The passengers were terrified
at the thought of their helpless ct ndi
tion adrift on a disabled steamer in
mid-ocean. The current drove them
southward at the rate of 50 miles daily
veering again to the southwest. All
the while the steamer kept showing
her signals of distress, bat in vain.
La Champagne drifted in this condi
tion from Saturday morning. Februa
ry 17, until Wednesday, the 23d.
All through the long day the ship
steadily drifted and into the night
until the passengers who had bravely
witostood the experience had almost
abandoned hope. Most oi them had
retired to their state rooms, when near
midnight the welcome cry, "Sail
ahoy," was heard. It re echoed from
lookout to cabin and steerage, and
every soul on that big ship rejoiced.
Two steamers were sighted ten miles
away, one directly before La Cham
pagne and the other on the port bow.
La Champagne's guns boomed forth
and her rockets flared up and her red
fire burned luridly. The steamer in
front gave answering signals and bore
down rapidly upon La Champagne.
Shes proved to be the Warren Liner
Roman, bound from Liverpool to Bos
ton. The Roman stood by La Cham
pagne and at once Capt. Poirot went
aboard and made arrangements with
Capt. Roberts to tow him to the near
est port, Halifax.
The Roman'passed a steel cable to
* La Champagne at noon on Thursday
and the two steamers started for Hali
fax. The first day the towing hawser
parted three times, but little oelay re
sulted and a start was finally made at
1 o'clock. La Chiampagne was picked
up in latitude 45.28, longitude 51.23
and from that point onward no trou
ble was experienced. The weather
was fine until today when a snow
fiurg" started and the steamers had to
proceed slowly. A subscription was
made up on board for the men who so
bravely manned the life boat and left
in search of help, and 5,000 francs
were quickly realized. When La
Champagne wasentering Halifax har
bor an address signed by all the
passengers was presentea to Captain
L Poirot, to which he made a' suitable
and modest reply. Sa thankful were
some of the passengers to be in port
that several of them were anxious to
have some of the clergymnen on board
hold a service of thanasgiving. The
accident to La Champagne is a most
serious one and will necessitate the
ship going into the dry dock. La
Champagne's mails, consisting of 250
bags, were landed here to niwht at~d
given in charge of the postoffice au
thorities, and they with the saloon
passengers will be for warded to New
York, leaving here at S o'clock to.
-morrow mornmng.
VWoutd Help the Spaniards.
Rev. D A. Gaddie, Pastor of a
colored Bap' ist Church in Louisville,
Ky., createc. a sensation Sunday night
by declarir , in a sermon that he
would pick up a gun and kill an
American before ne would defend
this country against foreign invasion.
The Rev. Gaddie declared that the
negroes were not respected in this
country; that the law was a dead let
ter as applied to them; that they were
not protected and that they were not
given a fair show arnd, on this ac
count, he would not, under any cir
cumstances, aid in fighting the Spani
ards or an y other nation with whom
United States might be at war. He
advised his flock to follow in his lead,
but the sermon was generally de
nounced by the colored people of thle
city, of whom 10,000 are aoie to bear
arms.
A Typographical Erz or.
The News and Courier explains tbat
its reference to Col. R. B. Watson as
"the old man elephant of saluda
~~+ny wa th resut of a vogra
ALLIANCE RALLY DAY.
President J. 0. Wilborn Sends a Crcular
to the Sub-Allianoee,
President Wilborn of the Farmers'
Alliance is sending out to all sub-Alli
ances in the State the following circu
lar in regard to "rally day"-Satur
day this week. He is also sending
the circular to Alliancemen in every
direction:
Old Point, S. C., February 25, 1898.
My Dear Sir and Brother: After
much serious thought aid considera
tion I have at last decided to issue the
call for "rally day" for every sub-Al
liance that has ever been in existence
in South Carolina on March 12, 1898.
The reason for this must commend it
self to yo'ur mind and heart. Our
country is most surely settling itself
into conditions and quagmires that
promise no good for the farmer. for
his interest or his family after him.
This is most assuredly an age of com
bines. We have combines of corpora
tion, combines of brain and money
with brain and money, until there is
now scarcely an article that you use
that is not controlled by a trust-from
the oil that lights the lamp by which
the young mother sings her first lul
laby, to tne nail that must go in the
coffin. The monster trust is thus feel
ing its way to test your patience and
the ability of the Alliance on cotton
ties. The jute trust may again arise
and shake itself. What can the indi
vidual do? Answer: Nothing but sub
mit. What can the Alliance do, with
every old and new member in active
affiliation and good standing? An
swer: Give relief and demand res
pect.
I therefore send you this personal
appeal to see to it that your sub-Alli
ance meets on the day appointed, and
that all members be requested and
urged to put themselves in good stand
ing with the State and National Alli
ance by paying their annual dues,
which will be 25 cents State and 10
cents National. All back dues are to
be cancelled. The county dues can be
arranged with the county Alliance.
The National Farmers' Alliance, in
supreme council, has provided for a
charter guard, which is working well
in California. Will be glad to give
further explanation when requested.
Reorganize your defunct Alliances,
elect delegates to your county Alli
ance and see that they attend; forsake
not the assembling of yourselves.
Your next county melting, according
to constitution, will be the second
Friday in April. I hope to communi
cats with every county Alliance at
that time. If you have had no county
meeting for some time,let it be known
that one is called to meet at your court
nouse on the second Friday in April,
and go to it. Fraternally,
J C. Wilborn,
President I armers' Alliance of S. C.
THE CONFEDERA tE VETERANS
Wil Meet in Annual Convention in Char
leston in ApriL
Headquarters South Carolina Division,
U nited Oon federate Veterans.
General Orders No 35.
CharIey tn, S. C., Feb 16. 1898.
1. The annual convention for 1898
of this Division will be held in the
German Artillery Hall, Wentworth
Street. Chaleston, Wednesday, April
the 27th. The convention will be
called to order at 10 a. m.
2. E ch camnp wil appoint one Spon
sor, who will aeless her Maid of
Honor, to reprasent the camp at the
Re union.
3 Representatives of camps will
bring the Banner of their respective
camps to be carried into the conven
tion hall, and used to designate the
representatives of the various camps.
Comrades are specially requested to
bring any Battle Flags in ttheir posses
sion. The bearers of such Battle Flags
will report to Division Headquarters
at 9.45 a. m. April 27th, and go into
the convention with the Officers of the
Division, and be seated, bearing the
Flags, upon the Stage when in the
Hall.
4. A meeting of the committee on
~the Monument to the Women of the
Confederacy will be held at the con
vention hall at an hour to be named
hereafter.
5. A meeting of the Cheplains of
each camp will be held at the conven
tion hall at an hour to be named here
after. EAch camp will please secure
the attendance of their Chaplain, as
the Division Chaplain has a matter of
much importance to lay before them.
6. Daring the Re-union the coin
manding General will request, at
some convenient hour, a meeting of
the commandants of all the camps,
the Colonels of the regiments, and
Generals of Brigades to make reports
upon the status of their respective
co'nmands. They will come prepared
to make full reports as to numbers,
their officers and the work they are
accomplishing.
7. Rates of fare for travel, about
onie cent per mile, have been secured,
which will enable comrades from all
parts of the State to be present at the
Re-union.
8. Charleston extends to us a most
cordial invitation. It is hoped that an
appreciation of her splendid hospitali
ty, her royal welcome, will be shown
by a large gathering.
Let every comnrade come. We are
fast passing away. Every year we
miss some familiar loved face, and
every year lessens the number of those
who gather to rene w the friendseips
formed in the hours of danger and
trial. But few more such opportuni
ties will we have. Let us meet -and
clasp hands (for how many of us will
it be for the last ime?) with those who
served with usin defence of our South
ern rights, who were our brothers in
those trying days.
By command of
Maj.-Gen. C. Irvine Walker.
JAs G. HOLMES.
Adjutant-General, Chief of Staff.
.The Original Arrangement.
Tne venerable senator from Ver
mont offered a resolution last week to
have the Goddess of Liberty, whicn
surmounts the dome of the Capitol,
gilded with gold. While the question
was before the Senate Senator btewart,
the great apostle of silver, was asked
if he did not think it would be appro
priate to replace the Gioddess with a
statute of the elder Rothschild, to
which he replied: "No; if I were to
make any change, I would go further
brek, and put a calf there to repre
se at the original arrangement."
IThe Columoia Record says about
three o'clock last Wednesday a young
negro man brushed against a white
womai on Taylor street. She pulled
a pistol and made hima get on his
knees and apologize, which he did
very quickly. Then she def arte3J.
DISASTERS IN OUR NAVY.
LOSS OF THE MAINE THE MOST SERI
OUS IN ITS HISTORY.
An Interesting Article Giving the Names
of the Ships of the United States Navy
that Have Been in Times of Peace.
The list of disasters in the United
States navy begins with the loss of the
eighteen gun ship Saratoga. Sailing
froc Philadelphia, under the com
mand of Capt James Young, about
October 1, 1780, she captured three
English vessels In company with
her prizes the Saratoga sailed for Phil
adelphia. When off the canes of Del
aware the British seventy-four gun
ship of the line Intrepid came in sight
and gave chase. The prizes were re
captured, but the Saratoga escaped by
running out to sea. She was never
heard from again, and it is supposed
she foundered in a gale which set in
the following day.
On July 14, 1800, the United States
being then hostile to France, the thir
ty six gun frigate Insurgent, Capt.
Patrick Fletcher, sailed under insruc
Lions to take a course easterly from the
Chesapeake capes until longitude 68
:legrees west was reached, then to
Bruise between that longitude and 66
legrees west, going as far south as
latitude 30 degrees north. She has
never been heard of since.
In August, 1800, the fourteen-gun
brig Pickering, Master Commandant
Benjamin Hillar, sailed under orders
to cruise off Gaudeloupe. From the
Lime of her sailing she was never
heard of.
E arly in 1805, the Government
deeming it advisable to increase the
naval force engaged in the war witn
rripoli, ten gun boats, planned for
service in the waters of the Mediterra
nean, were constructed. Of these ves
sels gun boat No. 7 sailed on May 14,
1805, from New York, under the com
mand of Lieut. Ogelvie. When a
short distance out her mast was sprung
and she returned for repairs. She
sailed again on June 20, but was nev
er heard from.
The next vessel of the navy, the
rate of which is shrouded in mystery,
was the Wasp. She was one of the
six sloops authorized by the Act of
January 2, 1813, and her career,
though brief, was full of glory. Sail
ing from Portsmouth, N. H., on May
1, 1814, under Master Commandant
ohnston Blakesley, she fell in with
the British brig Reindeer on June 23,
and after an action of nineteen min
utes compelled her to surrender. On
September 1 the Wasp cut out and
and burned the brig Mary, which was
one of a fleet of ten merchantmen un
der convoy of the sevrnty-four gun
ship of the line Armada. During the
evening of the same day Blakesley
sighted four sails, two on the star
board bow and two on the port. As
the darkness came on signals by rock
ets and lanterns were made by one of
the vessels which had'separated from
the others. The Wasp, laying her
course by the signals, had a war ship
under her guns by 9.30, and received
a oroadside from the chase. The ac -
Lion continued until a few minutes
after 10 o'clock, when the stranger
hailed that she had surrendered. As
the Wasp was about to lower a boat
another sail appeared out of the dark
ness. The boat was held back and the
men sent to their quarters. A little
ater two more sails came in sight.
'he rigging of the Wasp being much
ut up, ane stood off, followed by one
f the vessels, but after the exchange
of a few shots the stranger joined her
:onsorts, and the Wasp held on her
way. The vessel with which the Wasp
had the engagement was the eighteen
gun brig Avon, and her injuries were
so severe that she sank during the
night Bet ween the date of the fight
with the Avon and September 21 the
Wasp destroyed two merchantmen
and captured the Atalanta, mounting
eignt guns. Tne latter vessel, having
a valuable cargo, was manned with a
prize crew and sent to Savannah,
wnere she arrived on October 1. Up
to this time, a period of five months,
the Wasp had taken fifteen vessels,
valued at nearly $250,000. Oa Octo
ber 1 the Swedishi bark Adonis was
boarded in latitude 18 degrees 35 mini
utes north, longitude 30 degrees 10
minutes west, by a boat from the
Wasp. Lieut. Stephen McKnight and
Masters Mate James Lyman, officers
of the Essex, who had been paroled
after her destruction in Valparaiso
harbor, and who were passengers on
the Adonis, went on board the Wasp.
Soon after they returned to the Ado
ns, paid their passage money to the
master, and with their baggage went
back to the Wasp. Taat was the last
intelligence of the Wasp.
When Dccatur, in 1815, dictated to
the Dev of Algiers the terms of a trea
ty witi the United States, the brig
Epervier, Lieut. John Shubrick, was
dispatched with a copy of it for the
approval of the Government. On
board, as passengers, were Capt. Le w
is and Lieut. Neale, who had married
sisters just previous to sailing for the
Mediterranean in Capt. Decatur's fleet.
Ltut. Druy and Lieut. Yarnell, who
nad maae a name for themselves in
Perry's victory on Like Erie, were also
on board. On July 12, 1815, the Ep
ervier passed the Strait of Gibraltar.
From that time all trace of her was
lost.
The Albany, sloop-of-war, was lost
in West Indian waters in 1853. She
i thought to have gone down in a
cyclone with every soul of her cre w
of 210 officers and men, as she was
never heard from af ter she sailed on
her last cruise.
In the same year the brig-of-war
Porpoise, with one hundred persons
on board, went down in the Cnina
eas, without leaving a trace of her
end.
In 1858 another sloop-of-war, the
Levant, went down in the waters of
tie Paci .c, takirag some 200 men to
"Davy ,Janes's locker."
1863 the brig-of-war Bainbridge
met a cyclone off Cape Hatteras. A
colored cook picked up a day or two
after ward on a bit of wreckage, told
the story of the loss of every one of
his shipmates.
The old Yorktown was blown ashore
near the Cape de Verde Islands, on
the African coast, some years later,
but the crew escaped.
In 1868 a great tidal wave picked up
the ship-of-war Wateree, in the har
bor of Arica, Peru, and carrriedl 7 or
8 miles inland, depositing her in a
tropical forest, where she ended her
day a as a hotel. The same tidal wave,
caught the store ship Fredonia at an
chor, roiled her over, and sunk her
instantly with every soul on board.
The Mononganiela had a peculiar
experience in 1867. She was caugnt
number of large buildings on the
Island of Santa Cruz, West Indies,
knocking down one of them, and de
posited in the streets of the city. Sub
sequently workmen were sent there,
who blocked her up and launched her
again.
The Saginaw was cast away in the
night upon one of the islands in the
Pacific about fifteen years ago. The
Huron was wrecked on Currituck
Beach, North Carolina, and few of
her crew escaped to tell the story of
heavy weather and false beacon lights.
This disaster at Havana is the great
est loss of life at any one time in the
navy of the United States in time of
peace on record. No ship of the navy
has olown up since the war. The last
great loss of life in our navy was at
Samoa, when in the great hurricane
of March 16. in the harbor of Apia,
the war vessels Trenton and Vandalia
were wrecked, and the Nipsic stranded
with a total loss of fifty one lives from
their crews. The German ships Adler
and Eber were lost at the same time,
and ninety-six German sailors were
drowned.
On Nov. 24. Port, the American
sloop-of-war Huron, a vessel -of the
old wooden navy, was driven ashore
on the treacherous sands of the North
Carolina coast in a storm, and about
one hundred of her crew were lost.
ON A BURNING STEAMER.
The Terrible Experlerc of the Crew snd
Paasengers.
The British steamer Legislator,Capt.
Tennant, bound from Liverpool for
Colon, was burned at sea on February
16, in latitude 31 23 north, and longi
tude 44.10 west. The Legislator left
Liverpool on February 3 with a mis
cellaneous cargo.including phosphate,
cotton goods and percussion caps, for
Colon and Central American ports.
Nothing out of the ordinary occurred
until 4 o'clock in the morning of the
13th, when, without warning, an ex
plosion took place from a hatchway
forward of midships, followed by a
tremendous outburst of smoke and
flames. All the firemen and engineers
but one came tumbling on deck, some
of them more or less turned. The
missing man was Thomas Roberts,
and it was not until two days that his
charred body was recovered during a
lull in the fire. The crew were badly
handicapped in fighting the fire, as
the hose and pumping engine were
disabled or choked Soon after the
fire started it spread so rapidly that
the forward part of the boat, in which
were seven men, was cut off, and
Capt. Tennant asked for volunteers to
rescue the remainder of the crew.
Second Officer Bateman and Seaman
Wm. Angell at once offered to row
along the side of the ship and bring
the men aft. One of the boats was
launched with difficulty, as there was
a heavy sea running, and by careful
work managed to reach the almost
doomed men. All were finally taken
on board and the boat dropped astern,
but before the nine men could be pull
ed on the aft deck a tremendous sea
capsized the small boat and every man
was thrown into the water. After
their heroic work Bateman and Angell
were the only ones who were not res
cued. In the meantime, through some
confussion, another boat had been
launched, and in it the third officer,
Martin, and the chief steward, John
Gaffney. Another big sea swept them
away, and they have not been seen
since. The fighting of the flames still
continued, and as the fire reached the
boxes of percussion caps there were
almost constant explosions. In one of
these Fred E. Lee, the chief cook, was
so severely burned that he jumped
overboard in his delirium, and could
not be saved. At 8 o'clock in the mor
ning, of the 16th the steamer Flower
Gate, bound to New York from Pal
ermo, Italy, hove in sight. Two boats
were immediately lowered from the
Flower Gate, and after three hours all
of those on board the burning vessel
were safely transferred, Capt. Ten
nant being the last to leave. Some of
the crew saved a part of their cloth
ing, but a majority of those on board
lost everything. The rescue was none
too soon, for as the Flower Gate start
ed her engines the fire was seen burst
ing from the after decks of the Legis
lator, and the steamer was probably
entirely consumed not many hours
after.
Two Heroes Graves.
Mrs. S. C. Heistell, of Campton,
Va., sends the following clipping
from her county paper to Gov. Eller
be with the request that he have it
published in the newspapers of South
Carolina as some mother, wife or sis
tr may be mourning the loss of a
loved one buried in an unknown land.
The followIng is the clipping:
"Mr. John W. Keyser, the Marks
ville correspondent of The Courier,
writes us that there are two unmark
ed graves of Confederate soldiers in
Graves' Chapel cemetery, near that
place. He knew the men well, and
while no marbie shafts mnarZ their
last resting place, the little mounds
have ever been kept green. Mr Key
ser desires to make public these facts
in the hope that they may reach some
relatives of the dead soldiers. Their
names were William F. Bruner and
ergeant Whortleberry. Both belong
ed to the Second South Carolina reri
ment. Capt. Blocker is the only offi
cer of the command remembered by
Mr. Keyser. One of the men referred
to died in the church at that place
and the other in the woods near by.
Mr. Keyser would be glad to furnish
any informaton in his possession about
these men, as he kne w them well "
For particulars, address Mr. John WV.
Keyser, Marksville, Page County, Va.
Barned the Wrong Indians.
Evrer since the burning of the two
Indians for the murder of Mrs. Laird,
at Maude, I. T., it has been asserted
that Lincoln McGeisey, the younger
of the two was innocent, and all the
evidence brought out at the hearings
has served to corroborate this asser
tion. It is now learned that special
agents of the government have secured
evidence establishing a complete alioi
for Sampson, the other victim, prov
ing that he was 40 miles from the
Lard home at the time of the murder.
An Expe r t Opinion.
Larry Ganti makes this ingenious
admission in the Piedmont Headlight:
"I might have stood the loss of my
hog crop, but my good wife, who un
dertook to doctor them, got their
medicine and mine mixed one night,
and she inadvertently drenched me
with a dose of friend Young's hog
colera cure. Well, I can certainly
recommend it as a sovereign remedy
for the grippe, for what was left of me
after bemng Drostrated in and out of
bed for three days was able to crawl
hbalr to the offic and gn to work."
FAIRFAX NOT LOST YET.
SOUND VIEWS ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE
STILL PREVAILS.
One of the Arguments that Carried the
Day in the Fairfax Literary Society
Against the Unsexing of Women by Giv
log Them the Ballot.
As was mentioned in a letter from
Hampton, recently published in the
News and Courier, the Fairfax Liter
ary Society, at a recent meeting, had
a very interesting debate on the ques
tion of "Woman's Suffrage-" able
arguments were advanced pro and con
by the unusually intelligent ladies
and gentlemen comnosing the Society,
and a decision was finally rendered in
the negative by a vote of 9 to 32. One
of the arguments that helped to obtain
this overwhelming majority against
the New Woman heresy was that pre
sented by Mrs. L. W. Youmans.
Through the kindness of Mr. J. C.
Preacer, of Fairfax, we have been
provided with a copy of Mrs. You
man's argument, and take pleasure in
presenting it to cur readers in full.
Mrs. Youmans said:
In order to a proper understanding
of the q'Iestion it is necessary to in
quire what a government is? "A
government is the agent of society for
the accomplishment of its ends." The
chief functions of a government are
to promptly and efficiently secure and
maintain to all who are under it their
rights, and it is a good government
in proportion as it insures the fulfill
mert of these ends These rights, as
laid down in the declaration of Inde
pendence, cur Magna Charta, are the
right to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. To secure to man the
pursuit of happiness the law gives
him two other rights-to property and
reputation. Whatever has a right to
be, has a right to all that is necessary
for its preservation; therefore, the
Government has the right to regulate
the ballot and prescribe the qualifica
tions for holding offi-e. The right to
vote is not a natural right, like life
and liberty, but grows out of man's
relations to society; therefore society
has a right to say who shall exercise
that right,and under what conditions;
hence it is the duty of society to con
fer that right with an eye single to its
own well being. "It has seemed right
that those who are to go to war should
determine the question of war, and
that thos who are liable to do milita
ry and police duty, sit in juries and
work on the highways should vote on
those subjects." In other words, that
the voting should be done by those
who are most capable of detending
and maintaining the Government.
Men being more capable of these du
ties than women, society ordained
that the administration of government
should be carried on, under certain
limitations, by what is called "min
hood suffrage." This principle was
carried out still farther by the Kahnds
of India, who allowed "no woman,
nor any Kthad, to hold land who
with his own hand could not defend
it."
Having the grounds on which per
sons are called upon to take part in
the Government, namely. the duties
of defending and maintaining it, we
are ready for the question, should
women have equal suffrage with men?
The right to vote is not a natural
right. Wherever men have acquired
the right of suffrage it has been by
cox'quest. The question is whether
her own elevation ani best interests
and the ends of society requiire the
besto wal of this rigut upon her. The
question has been discussed as if men
and women were t wo hostile classes.
A. man and his wife are not of a dif
ferent class, their interests and those
of their family are identical. In fact
society depends on men and women
as entering into a relation which not
only unites their interests, but makes
each the guardian of the other. The
family is the unit of society. After
the creation the first institution estab
lished by God was the family. "So
God created mnan in His o wn imags,
male and female, created He them,"
and placed them in the garden. And
when God braught her to the man,
Adam said, "Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his mother and
shall cleave unto his wife, and they
shall be cne fieh " Society is a com
bination of families, not of individ
uals, because without the family soci
ety culd not exist. It is both the key
stone and foundation stone of the so
cial fabric, because as that is will the
social fabric be. When home and
family go out of the world purity anid
virtue will go with them. Therefore
the domestic lite of the family is more
important than the public life of soci
ety. By a natural relation the wife
is the centre of the domestic circle,
and the guardian of her husband's in
terests and rights in all that pertains
to it, while he is the husband, the
provider, protector and the represent
ative of the interests of his wife and
children. She is not only the guar
dian of her husband, which is proven
by stitistics that out of a thousand
unmarried men twenty-five are crii
nals, while out of the same number of
married men only eighteen are crimi
nals, giving nearly 40) per cent. in fa
vor of ma:-riage as a preventive of
crime, but she is the one who gives
the child his first idea of government,
his first idea of duty, his first idea of
law, in the y ears which are the mcst
important. The first five years wilt
color the rest of a child's life. Taese
years he spends alnmost entirely under
the control of his mother. It is upon
this principle that the demand for the
higher education of women has been
so great. That by an enlighted con
science, an enlightened judgment, she
may be better qualified to train a
higner citizenship.
Recognizing her fitness for this spe
cial training, woman has been given
positions in the schools until 66 per
cent. of the teachers of the public
schools of the United States are wom
en. Yet Miss Oliy, the woman suffra
gist, of Kentucky, in an address de
liver-ed at Allendale, said: "Tnie pub
lic schools do not maae model citi
zens." Women, haviug this 2reat
leverage of all the mothers and 66 per
cent. of the teachers, and still cannot
turn out good citizens, does she sup
pose she can accompl:sh that end by
iegislation? If the chilniood is wrong,
the youth is wrong, the manhood can
not be legislated right. On the con
trary, if the individuals comprising
soiety are perhet there is ho necessi
ty of government. It has been con
trary to the sentiment of this country
that men and women should inter
mingle in public affiirs, and woman
should be specially careful how she
breaks down this senuiment, because
she will lose more than she gains, and
e itnil eaca a e iterioranng influ
ence upon man. It is this sentimeni
which makes a woman strong through
her weakness. It lay at the foundation
of all that was good in chivalry, and
lent to the darkness of the Middle
Ages all its beauty and much of its
glory. The sentiment surrounding
woian. setting her apart as some
thing higher and better than man, is
stronger among American men than
any other, and in the United States
she is treated with more respect and
consideration than in any other coun
try. In this State the laws are made
almost entirely, as between a man and
his wife, in ner favor-going so far as
not to allow her property to be alien
ated from her except for her own ben
efit. It may be claimed, and the
claim is well founded, that all wom
en do not marry. That, in fact, the
number of unmarried women in
creases every day. This is a sad
fact, and it bodes no good to the
Republic. In discussing employ
ments for women Juliet Corson
says: "The number of educated
women increases, and all the profes
sicu 3 open to them are overcrowded.
But the rank and file, the domestic
women, main without recruits; the
very class that needs replenishing is
the one that is dying out. A potent
cause of existing conditions is the
identical training given to boys and
girls, young men and young women
of the working class. All know just
as much as anyone knows, consequent
ly there can be no advantage of one
over the other. This equality in
work and earnings has the effect of
lessening men's responsibility for tak
ing cara of the women of their families.
When the woman becomes his com
petitor the man feels freed from his
obligations to provide for her in pro
portion as she approximates either his
superior skill or his capacity to earn
greater wages."
If such is the consequence of wo
man's great desire for independence
the consequnces will be still more dire
when she undertakes her own protec
tion by her o wn vote. Whenever a
wrong is perpetrated against woman
and it is called to the attention of the
men, they have been quick to redress
it, and institute any reforms in the
law which are suggested for her pro
tection. But when she proposes to
protect herself by her own ballot they
feel freed from the responsibility of
protecting her. Nothing strengthens
a man's character as much as a sense
of responsibility, or binds him more
closely to his country. Henry Grady
had this idea in his mind when he
said: "The man who kindles the fire
on the hearthstone of an h-nest and
righteous home burns the best incense
to liberty." On the contrary lack of
responsibility weakens his character
and causes him to become effeminate.
No country has ever risen above the
manhood of its men and the virtue o'
it women, or has survive the decay of
those qualities. "Waen a wi'e is no
longer content with taking her share
in the battle of life, no longer content
to recognize the fa:: that there are
things which it better becomes the wo
man to do than the man, and vice
versa; when she insists on-aping and
sharing the foilies and vices of the
man, on casting from her that modes
ty and reserve which are woman's
greatest charm; when she sparas ma
ternity and domestic duties as trivial
or monotonous, then, indeed, the mar
riage state must fall into disrepute;
then the fatherland must surely suffer.
It was this which led to the horrors of
Imperial Rome, it was the uoasexed
women, their profligacy only equalled
by their audacity, who were responsi
ble as much as Nero and Domitian
themselves for the downfall of Rman
civdlization."
But it is objected that those women
who hold property in their own right
are taxed t a maintain the Government
and "Taxation without representation
is tyranny." Epresentation is based
in this country on population, not on
property. On the other hand, the
Government protects the woman in
her right to hold that property, which
without th,at protection she could not
hold by her o wn hand. She ought to
be wilting to contribute her quota to
the maintenance of the Government
for the sake of that protection. There
are a great many foreign holders of
property in this country. Foreign
syadicates own many of our railroads,
steamship lines and coal fields, as well
as large areas of land. I do not think
the most advanced suffragist will say
that either these foreign property
holders should exercise the ballot or
go untaxed, yet the principle applies
equidly to them as to women.
Cne right of suffrage carries with it
the duty of personal service and the
enforcement of the law-military. po
lice, jury and road duty. It may be
claimed that woman is capable of per
forming themn all. So some women
may be, but the majority of women
would not be willing to attempt to
perform them, and woald consider
that the hardships of those duties were
not compensated for by the exercise of
the suffrage. How many of the good
women of Fairfax would be willing to
exercise their police duties in putting
dowa the Saurday night riots by as
sisting in the arrest arnd putting in the
guard house of the rioters? Or how
many of the fair ladies would enjoy
taking their hoes and their axes, their
spades and their shovels and spend six
days of the year improving the high
ways? Or how many of the good
mothers but would consider it a hard
ship to be compelied to leave their
homes and their families and spend a
week or t wo serving on juries? Natur
ally and necessarily burdened with
incessant cares and responsibilities of
the family circle, would it not be in
possible in connection with the proper
aischarge of these duties for her to
respond to additional demands from
the public? Would it not be subject
ing her to the unjust and trying or
deal of being placed upon double duty,
first, charged with the responsibilities
of the home circle, and, second, be
ing called upon to contribute an .egnal
share in the cirection of public affAirs?
N2, let the woman faithrully perform
the duties which fall upon her, and
leave to the man the performance of
the dities wnicta ougnt to fail upon
him. '"Take care of the homes, and
the nation will take care of itself.
Let the mothers and teachers caltivate
tne American sentiment for woman.
L:t them stimulate man's responsibili
ty for the women of his family. Let
them train up
den whimn the las: o' office cannot kill,
Men whomn the spoils of office cannot 'ouy;
Men who pissess opinions and wilt:
Men who have honor, men who will not
tie."
"A time like this demands greal
hearts, strong minds, true faith and
willing hands." Give to them wives
of ealightened judgment and enlight
cined conscience, with a high apprecia
'tion of their duties and responsibilities.
and women's rights will be protected
without her turning on her heel to
cast a ballot. With such a citizenship
she may well say:
"Thou, too, sail on, oh ship of State:
Sail on, oh Union, strong and great:
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis of the wave and not the rock:
'Tis but the flapping of the sail;
And not a rent made by the gale;
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea,
Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee."
New and Courier.
TRAGEDY AT SPARTANBURG.
Mr. Thou. J. Trimmier Shot Dead by Dr
8. J. Blvings.
A sDecial dispatch to The State from
Spartanburg, under date of March 1,
says at halfpast two o'clock that after
noon Dr. S. J. Bivings shot and kill
ed T. J. Trimmier in the latter's book
store on the public square. An im
mense crowd gathered in front of the
store at once and all kinds of rumors
were afloat, but no demonstration of
any kind was made. Both were men
of prominence and both had many
friends; in fact the two were them
selves bosom friends, and as the news
went from mouth to mouth it shocked
and suprised everybody.
Mr. I. W. Gray of Glendale was
standing at Mr. Trimmier's desk giv
ing an order for some printing, which
Mr. Trimmier was writing down. Dr.
Bivings walked up behind him and
fired at Trimmier over his left should
er. Mr. Gray stated that it was so
close to him a3 to jar him considera
bly and cause him to think some one
was firing at him. He turned quickly
and saw Bivings fire two more shots
Bivings then said: "I will teach you
how to speak other than respectfully
of my wife." Trimmier replied.
"What do you meant" and sank
down. In three minutes he was dead,
being shot through the heart. Bivings
then tnrned towards the front of the
store. Mr. Trimmier's son came in
and started back towards his father
and B~viogs remarked: "Don't bother
me, for I don't want to hurt you,"
and shot him through the hand. Biv
inga with a pistol in each hand, walk
ed up to Policeman McAoee on the
street and surrendered. He was then
locked in jail. Dr. Bivings has been
practicing deatistry in Spartanburg
for a nuber of years and Mr. Trim
mier was the proprietor of the well
knowa Trimmier's book store. Both
have families. The tragedy is deplor
able. The jury of inquest brought in
a verdict that Hr. Trim mier was wil
fuity and feloniously gilled by D:. S.
J. Bivings.
A Teibare co the Coancry idtnor,
LIst Wednesday during the discus
sion of the Loud bill Mr. Clark, of
MIiss~uri, who was once a country ed
itor delivered a euolgy on the country
editor "He is as fatthful to the pe
pie as the nsedle to the pole," said. he.
"In the momentous camoaign of 1890
when a vast majority-not all, mark
you, but the vast majority-of Demo
cratic metropolitan newspapers basely
deserted their colors and went bag
and baggage, horse, foot and dragoons
tnto the camp of the army of the ene
my, the country weeklies with few
exceptions stool by the cause of Bry
an, Democracy and humanity wich
unshaken ddelity, superb courage and
commendable self-abaegation, thereby
vindicating the patriotism, wisdom
and independence of the American
press. Upon this same country editor1
we we must depend largely for hon
est, courageous, patriotic service in
the campaign nowe impending as well
as that of 1900 and surely upon the
Democratic side of the house we
would be acting with un wisdom to
deprive him of any of his prerogatives.
Tae Loud bill might not uajusdy be
entitled 'an act to diminish the supply
of anti-Republican campaign litera
ture.' Tnen it would be true to name.
Republicans, having nine-tenths of
mne great metropolitan papers, may
fiad some excuse for supporting a
measure whicn will sq aelca the coun
try weeklies, but certataly Democrats,
Populists and free silver Republicans
cannot afford to do so unless they are
meditating political suicide."
Great Suffering in onba.
W. W. Howard, of Ne w York, has
just returned from Cuba and here is
what he says of the suffering there:
"I was in Armenia with Clara Bar
ton," said Mr. Howard, "but nowhere
in Armenia did I see such suffering
and famine as I have witnessed in Cuba
among the pacificos and reconcentra
does. Men. women and cnidren are
so emaciated from privation that the r
ribs and bones almost come through
their shriveled skins. If ever people
needed relief it is those wretched re
concentrad .s. The insurgents are
well dressed, well armed, well horsed
and well groomed-indeed they are
sleek, and live easy lives. Cuba has
oeen laid waste. Outside the towns
one rarely sees a building, for the
reason that all batngs in the coun
try hava been razed or aurned. Grass
and weeds gro w wnere once the high
est cultivation existed."
We Are Proud of Eim.
Whatever else may be said of the
Cuban affair, the South is proud of
Fitzaugh Lee and the noble manner in
which he has oerrormed the duties of
his deticate office. We rejoice that
the distinguished patriotism of this
gallant Southerner is recognized even
in the strongholds of Republican sec
tionalism. He stands for the true
American idea and the fact that his
worth has been recognized without
cavil or question goes further to wards
burying sectionalism than all the
speech of a thousand orators. The
old soldiers who bared their breasts to
the billets of the enemy in the '"60's"
may be depended upon to the last
httch.-Spartanburg Herald.
The Colored Troops.
The commanding offizer of the col
ored militia of South Carolina writes
to the adjutant general of the State to
offer the services of the enlisted troops
of his command, "together with 8,000
able bodied colored men ready to be
enlisted," in case of war with Spain.
Should their services be needed we
have no doubt that the negro troops
would go to the front with alacrity,
but the whtte troops have no notion
of surrendering the post of honor.
State.
Murdev and Saicide,
Shep Wood, a prominent young
farmer living near Cordelia, Ga.,
Taursday shot and killed his brother,
Thomas Wood. Seeing the result of
the deed, he turned the revolver on
himself and sent a bullet through his
own head, killing him instantly.- The
brothers flad quarrelled over business
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
THEY CALL A STATE CONVENTION
TO MEET IN APRIL.
They Are Thoroughly Organized to Fig
the Li -nor Qaestion-The Text of th
First Paper Issued in the Campaign of
1895 -Platform Plainly Ontiinea,
The legislature having refused to
pass the Child's bill after declining to
kill it on the first vote taken, and
having declined to grant a referendum
on the liquor question, the prohibi
tionists of the State do not propose to
wait for the Democratic State conven
tion to dodge the issue or even ask it
to face it, The prohibitionists have
been quietly organizing in the several
counties of the State for several
I months. Now they say that every
county, save Berkeley is thoroughly
organized and they have determined
to hold a state convention in short
order for the specific purpose of nom
inating and putting in the field a full
State ticket composed of the strongest
and cleanest men, politically and
morally, that they can get. This will
be the first political gathering of the
campaign year and the indications
are that another will be added to the
already rapidly growing list of candi
dates for governor. This action of
the anti-liqunor forces shows that this
sentiment is at last to be tested, and it
is needless to say that it complicates
the Doliaical situation considerably.
The following call for the county
and State convention, recently pre
pared, was issued yesterday; there are
some counties not represented among
the signers. Those in charge say the
authority to use signatures from the
missing counties is en route, but ow
ing to the fact that they desired to get
the call out, it was deemed best not to
delay on that account:
Colombia. S. C . Feb 25. 1893.
The State central prohibition com
mittee having determined to call a
convention of the prohibitionists of
the State to meet in Columbia, April
the 14th, 1893, have authorized their
executive committee to issue such
call; the said committee hereby pub
lishes the call, and the regulations
which will be observed in selecting
delegates to represent the several
counties of the State in said conven
tion.
1. The convention will assemble at
8 p. m. on the 14th day of April
next, in the hall of the house of rep
resentatives in Columbia.
2. The chairman of the respective
county committees will call meetings
or conventions of the prohibitionists
of their county who favor the enact
ment of laws restricting the sale of
alcoholic liquors in this State to med
icinal, mechanical, scientific and sac
ramental purposes only, and the nom
ination by the convention of State
ticket who will support such legisla
tion, to be placed before the. voters
for their choice at the next Democrat
ic primary elections, and subject to
the result of said elections.
3. At such county meeting or con
vention the number of delegates se
lected in the manner determined by
the body shall be not less than the
number of representatives from the
county in the general assembly, but
may be a greater number if so deter
mined by said county meeting or con
vention.
4. That said county meeting or con
vention shall be called to meet not
later than the 14th day of April
next, and it from any cause it shall be
found impracticable to assemble such
meeting, then the county executive
committee are authorized to appot
said delegates and certify their ap
pointment to the se:eetary of the
State executive committee.
L. D. Childs, Cairman; F. H. Hy
alt, C. D. Stanley, J. G. Dale, L. 8.
H aynes, CharlesP. Wray, Thomas 3.
La&[otte, secretary.
J. L. Q aimby, Aiken; G.ME Elliott,
Beaufort; John 8. Wnite, Charleston;
J. F. Motfatt, Chester; J. L. Strain,
Cherokee; J. 0. Gough, Clarendon;
T. J. Drew, Darlingtoni; John L ake,
Eligefield; Charles P. Wray, Fairfield;
F. P. Covington, Florence; J. E.
Whitmire, Greenville; P. L. Starkey,
Greenwood; W. H. Dowling, Hamp
ton; B. L. Beatty, Horry: Waddy C.
Thompson, Lancaster; L. B. Haynes,
Lexington; W. S Fox worth, Marion;
H. S. Vandiver, 0,:onee: J L Sifly,
Orangeburg; Julius E. BIoggs, Pick
ens; L. D. Childs, Richland; J. W.
Hertbert, Saluda, C. M. Hurst, Jr.,
Sumter; James H. Carlisle, Jr.,
Spartanburg; S. T. Scaife, Union;
Joel E Brunson, Williamsburg; J. J.
Neiville, York.-State.
The Dispensary's New Bome.
The State Board of Control has pur
chased a ne w home for the State dis
pensary in Columbia, and it will be
removed from Main street and will
henceforth operate in the long ware
house, which was builded upon the
ruins of the old Confederate mec'iy
printing establishment burned near
the close of the war. The board has
given the matter of purchasing quar
ters the most careful consideration
during its present session. Friday for
t wo hours the membeis discussed the
pros and cons of the matter, finally
signing the acceptance of the offer of
Mr. J.. Cald well Robertson of the
property indicated above. The price
tinally determined upon was $18,000.
-State.
The Lyncher, Must be Pcunished.
President McKinley and his cabinet
are very much stirred up over the
Lake City lynching. They are de
termined to exhaust every means at
their command in the endeavor to
bring the guilty parties to justice.
President McEialey has directed that
the re ward offered by the postoffice
department be increased to $1,500 for
the first conviction ot a lyncher and
$1,000 for each subsequent conviction
of a lyncher. In addition a host of
detectives will be paid to work in the
courtry contiguous to Lake City.
McKinzey and his cabinet are very
much worked up. They are deter
mined that the lynchers shall be pun
ished. ________
Thinks Spain Did Bight.
Representative McCleary of Minne
sota, a conspicuous leader of the gold
men of the North west in the presiden
tial campaign, says that as the Maine
entered Havana harbor with her guns
loaded Spain had a right to place her
over a mine or destroy her as she saw
fit.
Convict K11Ied by Guard,
Charlie Combs, a negro on the
Richland County chaingang, wasshlot
and killed by one of the guards last.
'Friday while he was trying to escape,
He had nly three months to serve.