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THE RACE PROBLEM Negro Domination Means the White Man's Abasement. SENATOR JOHN McLAURIN Discusses the Troubles in the South and Vividly Presents the Situation as He Sees It. It is difficult and well niigh impossi ble for any one to guage the depth and power of any issue or movement predi eated on race or religivus prejudices. Fortunately, in this country we have been spared those terrible struggles brought on in other parts of the world by religious prejudice-. But we are not so fortunate on the race issue. for the condition of our country, particu larly in the South, with its great Negro population placed alongside the white population, makes race differences in eritable. The people of the North. far removed from the centr.es of large Negro popu lation, are able to view this race issue from a purely sentimental standpoint. It is to them simply a question of fine phrases, of declarations on the equality of all men under the law. But to the people of the South the question of race is not mere matter of sentiment. It is a subject which enters into the very life and existence of our people. We see it before us every day: it is present ed to us. not for argument and acade mic discussion, but for immediate prac tical solution. While academicians at remote points, secure in their own homes, secure in their property, secure in all those ele mentary rights which accompany Anglo Saxon civilization, can theorize, we of the South are compelled to face an act ual condition. As an eminent public man said of another vital issue in Am erican affairs, it is not a theory but a condition which confronts us. I sug gest this because it seems natural and unavoidable that the States of the South which are face to face with this terribie race conflict, must themselves meet it and solve it, and that the theo retical views of those standing afar off should not be cast against those who are struggling with a problem involving their very self-existence. The race issue has been brought prominently to the front within recent days by conditions in North and South Carolina. In North Carolina the issue has grown out of the peculiar condi tions in that State, where Negro dom ination has been brought about by a peculiar combination of political causes. For the last two years there has been eomplete Negro domination throughout that State, aside from the deeper ques tion as to domination by those lacking in education, in property and in all that goes to make men represeLtative of the general social welfare, the -vhites were subjected to all manner of insults and official oppression. I have no doubt the trouble in South Carolina 1was a direct result of the Negro domina tion in North Carolina, as we of South Carolina have fortunately been rid of Negro domination for many years. But outr people are closely allied by blood and business with the people of North Carolina, and it is but natural that they should have felt a deep sympathy when the white men of North Carolina deter mined to throw off the evil of black rule. From my personal experience while attorney general of South Carolina I pined an insight into the real meaning of Negro rule. The people of the North have no idea of what this means as judgedbyatualexperience.. In the State -of South Carolina we had eight years of Segro carpet bag government, during which the white men of the State, rep resenting its intelligence, its education and its property, were sent to the rear, -while the legislative halls of the State were in the possession of a body of Ne gro legislators. What this body did is a matter of history with us, although I do not be lieve the people of the North appreciate the excesses which that Negro legisla tUre 9fad Negro gnvernment committed. By the forced issue of bonds the debt of the State was increased during this period of Negro rule from $3,000,000 to ~ $I,0000 One year the corrupt Ngoadcarpet bgofficials of the taemet inaback room of a bank and actually divided up among themselves all the money collected by taxation. It was simply a matter of personal distri bution of public money among them. As attorney general following the period of Negro rule I had to defend a suit that exposed one phase of this Ne gro rule. The black legislature had passed an act to issue $1,500,000 of serip, known as Blue Ridge scrip, to build a railroad. That scrip the Negro and carpet bag officials actually issued three times over, and the triple issues were disposed of in various money mar kets. For acts like these many of the Negro officials were afterward prosecut ed, convicted and sent to the peniten tiary. But even in this there was little justice, as pardons by the Negro-made governor were as much a commercial eommodity as cotton or wheat. It was such experiences as this that warned the people of North Carolina what was likely to follow if the baneful influence of Negro domima tion became firmly fixed upon their State. Already it had secured partial control of the State, and the most pop ulous communities, the seats of educa tion, wealth and business, were com pletely under the mastery, of Negroes who had little cr no p::rticipation or even indirect interest in the business, trade, property or substantial condi tions of these places. This is not a mere assertion,but it is a fact readily established by specific in stances which can be cited, and I think it is no more than simple justice to the people of the Carolinas that their brothers of the North should look at these facts and consider what they would de under similar circumstances. Take, for instance, the city of Green ville, N. C., where the taxable proper ty is $750,000. The Board of Alder men levies the taxes and orders the ex penditures. One of the Negro Alder men pays sixty-four cents in taxes; apther one eighty-three eents; the other tdo nothing. The total taxes paid by the Negro Aldermen are $1.47. The Mayor, a white man elected by Negro votes, pays forty-three cents in taxes. The Negro City Clerk pays no taxes, the policemen none, the night watch man none, the Chief of Police twenty five cents. The revenues of this town amount to $5,500, of which $2,830 goes to pay the salaries of these non- tax paying Negro officeholders. I believe it to be a safe assumption to say that ninety-five per cent of the taxes are paid by the white people. The instance I have cited is but cone of a great many throughout the State ipetition to repeat i hese instance!; The same abhorrent principle. or lack of principle. runs through all of them nacly, taxation Without representa tion; Negro direction and control of widespread white interests, personal and property. Not content with tak ine possession of nmunicipalities and ap pointing Negro justices and poliIenen. the Negroes seem inspired with a vin dictive desire to make their sway as odious and epressive as possible to their white fellow citizens. But this Negro. unrepresentative direction of property rights is only the least objec tionable feature of Nezro rule. The real danger arises to the individuals. particularly the white women and young girls. In some sections it is un save for a white girl or woman to walk the road alone. I traveled over North Carolina during the recent politieal contest and on all hands heard the re i is of Negro lawlessness and outrage. "ich at last had become so bold and defiant that the white people, represent ing order, protection to life and person and purity of womanhood, were arous ed and united as never before, and without reference to pervious political afiliation. The frequent assaults by Negroes uvon white women are a constant me nace and source of terror. Not lone since I spoke to a large crowd in North Carolina. Among those present was an old Republican, who had been the backbone of his party in that section. le was an old Confederate soldier and a man of undaunted courage. it was the custom in that section at the close of a speech to call for converts. White men of all parties were called upon to conie forward and sign the "white man's union.- I made an appeal something like an old fashioned Meth odist minister at a camp meeting for those who wanted "saving grace" to come to the mourners' bench. The old man immediately came forward and made as thrilling an appeal as I ever heard. He started out by saying: "I have been a nigger for fifteen years, but by the help of God I will be a white man the balance of my life. You people know how mean I have been, and I ask your forgiveness. Do you know what turned me? Well, a good woman did it. My nearest neigh bor was assaulted by a Negro, and a white lawyer volunteered for his de fence. My daughter put her arms around my neck and begged me with tears in her eyes to stand by the white people. Her plea for the white woman was irresistible, and I promised her then and there that I would stand by the white people in their fight for white supremacy." It is impossible to describe a scene like this. He was a big, rugged old tnan, as brave as a lion, and when he announced that he was not afraid of "Yankee troops,"' as he hal fought them under Stonewall Jackson, and was not afraid to meet them again if sent down by President McKinley, declar ing he would not ask a more glorious death than to die in defence of the wo men of North Carolina, and thus expi ate some of the wrong he had done, there was hardly a dry eye in that large crowd. The effect of such an appeal was electrical, and every man, without reference to politics, there signed the paper. I heard from reliable sources in North Carolina that since Negro rule began in the State there had been twen' y felonious assaults of white wo men by neg'oes, besides numerous at tempts, and that every one of them had occurred in a county under Negro gov ernment, and not a single one in coun ties under white rule. A Negro news paper in Wilmington, N. C.. attempted to justify all such assaults by an attack upon the virtue of the white women. It was an unbearable insult, which helped fan the spark of indignation into a flame. I heard of another instance charac teristic of the conditions prevailing. A young lady eighteen years of age was walking along the streets and found the sidewalk blocked by three negro men, and stepped off to pass around. One of the men took hold of her, turned her around and slapped her face for "put ting on airs." Hundreds of instances of a similar character have occured in that State which have never been pub lished because the white people are ashamed to admit that such outrages were being perpetrated. The worst effect of Negro domina tion is the abasement of the white man. The most characterless and degraded of the whites compete for the Negro vote. The Negroes by themselves have never in a single instance been able to gain control, but have been led by white men whom they always repudiate as soon as they gain power. The reason the Negroes repudiate as soon as possi ble their white allies is because the Ne gro is ambitious. His one great ambi tion is to beceme a white man. and if he despises one thing more than another is a white man who has becemne a Ne gro, and the first neck his heel will tread upon is the white man's through whose vote he gains power. In the county of Richmond, N. C.. a white man made a speech within five miles of the South Carolina line in which he openly encouraged his Negro hearers to assaults on white women. He did not speak at his next appointment, and in any other State in this Union one uttering such statements would have been hanged, but the man was al lowed to go with an apology. Finally, let it be understood that this is a righteous cause, high above the plane of party, and involving the pre servation of civilization. It was Ma cauley, I believe, who said of the French Revolution, "It destroyed lib erty, but preserved civilization. It was an awful calamity when, after the war, a vast horde of ignorant voters were en franchised. More than once have our people been face to face with the dread choice between liberty and civiliza -tion. Once in South Carolina Wade Hamp ton thrilled the hearts of our people with the words:-"I will be Governo, of South Carolina, or, by the Eternalr we will have a miliary government." Better for me a military despotism than a civilization inferior, degraded and corrupt. This is the cause of civilization. The Southern people can stand four cent cotton and poverty, but they will not stand Negro domination. As long as there is a decent white man living he will be ready to die in defence of our women and our civilization. I think one of the greatest mistakes now being made is in the methods of education of the Negro. He is being rapidly developed intellectually before ie is prepared industrially and moral ly. The three should go hand in hand, and the process in the first is too rapid for the latter to keep pace. On the contrary, it is just and right and abso lutely best and wisest for both races that the white people, who settled this country and civilized it and made it the grandest country on the globe, and who have done more for the negro race than all other peoples, should govern it as a whole and in all its parts. It is their country and they have a right to rule it, ud the rainly will rule it. In "ook jni- fort lie ;0lazt~.'il of thesze race evils we say at the (ut2t that it calls for the same solution-tbat of white supremlay-that t folbowed throughoit le v:ori history. Th e superiority of tIe ubiie, the interiority of the l-aek. is a ri iple recoguized by socioloei'ts. wicn no were senti mental utterance can obseure. It has been exhibitei in a 1 ages. and the in stanc-s which Egypt u.'ve in early days are today repeated in the advance of Anglo-Saxon civilization under t'Ae banners of the Sirdar and the driming back (if the black hordes at Khar toum. The right of the Caucasian to rule coies from God Where he is found he governs. It is in his blood. His connission is printed on his brow by the hand of the Almighty. and the re cord of his race is marked in all the histories of the past in all the countries I of the earth. Anglo-Saxon civilization in North Carolina will never retreat in the face ol a conflict with an inferior race. Every State in the South has had the same ordeal to go through. but in every struggle our civilization has been mnaintained and in every conflict it has ultimately triumphed. The constitu tions of South Carolina. M1ississippi and Louisiana tell the story. It has been fortunate for the Caroli nas. for the South and for the country at large that the recent demand for federal bayonets to sustain negro domi nation was not carried out. President McKinley is a good man. le is better and stronger than some of his advisers. He has been very conservative in his South Carolina appointments, and I hope he will not Ie influenced by un wise counsels in the future. le should defer to the sentiment of white supre macy prevailing in the South, because such supremacy does not necessarily involve any hostility to the Negroes. Time alone can solve the complex problem. A certain period of quiesc ence must elapse during which the pub mind will have time to recover from the violence of reconstruction and Ne gro domination. as recently witnessed in North Carolina. The Negro will be come more generally diffused over the entire country and the haunting terror of his domination thus become less. In the meantime he is developing morally and industrially by contact with the whites; he is well qualified for the ac quirement of an imitative civilization; all that he has came in that way. By nature he is peaceful, and only danger ous from his emotional and superstiti ous nature, which makes him the prey of bad white men. It is a pity that he has to suffer for it; the white man at his back is responsible more than he. All look with sorrow and regret upon these racial outbreaks. Things remain quiet for years, perhaps. These are ag gressions, small troubles, in every com munity, until there is an accumulation, like the gases in some mine; suddenly and unexpectedly a match is struck and the explosion comes. The outside world sees only the immediate cause and holds up its hands in horror. They know nought of the long train of events leading up to a catastrophe that makes the soul shudder. Men lose their reason and become frenzied. Take the recent trouble in South Caro lina with the Tolberts. The people of Greenwood are as quiet., as peacable and as law abiding as in any New Eng land community. The riots were the spontaneous com bustion of accumulated wrath. De plorable as they are, their causes are even more so, for while one involv'es loss of a few lives the other means loss of principle-of a whole and their pos terity. John McLaurin. Will Grow Food Crops. It will not be an unmixed evil if the present low price of cotton forced our farmers to plant more food crops. The Macon telegraph is doing a good work in awakening interest among our far mers in the planting of wheat. To sus tain its arguments it has brought out some interesting facts: First. Georgia wheat took the prize at the world's fair in Vienna more than forty years ago Second. Georgia wheat flour took prizes in St. Louis and in Baltimore $500 in one case and $250 in the other since the civil war. Tuird. Flour mills in Michigan took the lead on "best flour" before the civil war, made from wheat grown in Southern Alabama. Fourth. One acre in Georgia wheat has been known to produce 104 bush Fifth. Dr. Massee has been grow ing wheat near Marshallville success fully for fifty-four consecutive years, and his son will plant 200 acres in that cereal this year. Sixth. A little in wheat is worth more than a great deal in cotton at the present prices. Seventh. Wheat crops on good lands in Middle Georgia produce from eighteen to twenty-five bushels per acre whereas. the average in the United States is fifteen bushels, and the aver age in the world is .117 bushels. Divorced and Married. One day last week Mrs. Min nie Schilling, 22 years old and pretty obtaineid a divorce from Conrad Schilling in a St. Louis court. Before she stepped out of the court room lHar ry J. Hollness, of Ballston, N. Y., who heard the prooeedings, rushed up to the young woman, renewed an acquaintance of long standing and proposed matrimo ny on the spot. He was accepted with just as much rapidity. and the couple went to the marriage license office. After producing a dollar and getting the coveted document, they marched to Judge Haughton~s office, where Mrs. Shilling promptly became Mrs. HolI ness. The whole thing was done in less than fifteen nrinutes after the di vorce decree was read. Even the mar riage license clerks, used to hasty wed dings, were astonished at the celerity displayed by this couple. Gladys Rose the three-year-old daughter of the bride. was with her, and as soon as the knot was tied the alert bridegroom picked up his stepchild and walked off with his "little family" in conscious pride. Hilton s. odoform Liniment is the "nec plu. ultra" of all such preparations in re moving soreness, and quickly healing fresh cuts and wounds, no matter how bad. It will promptly heal old sores of long standing. Will kill the pois on from "Poison Ivy" or "Poison Oak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will counteract the poison from bites of snakes an stings of insects. It is a sure cure for sore throat. Wil cure any case of sore mouth, and is a supe rior remedy for all pains and aches. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a bottle. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Not a Legal Trade. That Newark, N. J., woman who per mitted herself to be sold by her hus band to another fellow and forthwith married the purchaser, got rid of a worthless husband but also got into trou le, for she married the other fellow w ithout a preliminary divorce, and is CAN VARSERS )flET Result of Recent Election Official. ly Declared. LIGHT REPUBLICAN VOTE. Every Democratic Nominee for Congress Unanimously Elect ed. The Tabulated Vote by Counties. The State board of election canvas sers met Thursday and declared the re sult of the recent election. There were present Secretary of State Tompkins, Treasurer Timmerman, Attorney Gen eral Barber, Adjutant General Watts, Comptroller General Derham and Hon. D. H. Magill, chairman of the house Scommittee on privileges and elections. Lieut. Governor McSweeny was also present. The vote polled at the November election was very light, barely one fourth of the voting strength of the State. There wereslightly over 2S,000 votes cast. In each congressional dis trict there was a Republican nominee for congress, but none was elected. The largestvote received by any one Repub lican candidate was tha.t of Murray of the First district. who received 1.529, a little over half of Col. Elliott's vote. The aggregate vote for the Republican cominees was 2.804. There was a slight discrepancy be tween the vote received by the different candidates for State offices. but the ap proximate was 28.200. Governor El lerbe's vote by county was as follows: Abbeville..................... 829 Aiken.....................700 Anderson..................... 899 Bamberg.... ..............449 Barnwell...................808 Berkeley...... ............486 Charleston............... 1,142 Cherokee ................. 508 Chesterfield.. ......... 810 Colleton............ ...... 590 Darlington .......... ......... 544 Dorchester.................... 444 Edgefield..................627 Fairfield ..................379 Florence................ 592 Georgetown................... 456 Greenville........... ......774 Greenwood................ 677 Hampton.. .......... .....58 H orry............... ........ 807 Kershaw............ ......... 403 Lancaster................. 941 Laurens.................. 519 Lee.. .......... .........338 Lexington......... ........718 Marion..... .............1,148 Marlboro............ ...... 564 Newberry..................... 700 Oconee................ ....... 528 Orangeburg................... 1,389 Pickens.......- ......... 374 Richland.................. 332 Saluda.......... .........628 Spartanburg. .............1,475 Sumter...................470 Union.. ..................590 Williamsburg.. .............900 York.................... 984 Total..................2,225 Following in the congressional vote, the Democratic candidates being the first named: FIRST DISTRICT. Elliott Murray. Colleton............. 76 71 Charleston...........1,612 240 Georgetown.......... 310 488 Beaufort............ 395 334 Williamsburg.. ....... 613 392 Berkeley............. 25 .4 Total............3,000 1,259 Scattering: Jones 1. SECoND DISTRICT. Talbert. Chataield. Aiken............. 804 3 Barnwell..........846 41 Edgefid........... 681 7 Hampton........... 589 5 Bamberg.... ........ 459 20 Saluda............. 634 10 Total.. ..... ..4,013 122 Scattering: Butler, 3; Dixon, 1. THIRD DISTRICT. Latiner. Tolbert. Abbeville..... .....779 112 Anderson..........881 60 Newberry..........706 2 conee............. 501 30 Pickens............. 370 28 Greenwood....... 792 73 Total.............4,029 332 Scattering: Hendricks, 14. FOCRTHI DISTRICT. Wilson. Suber. Greenville.......... 708 22 Laurens...... .....928 53 Spartanburg........1,620 19 Union..... ....... 51 51 Richland ........ .. 266 14 Fairfield...........364 Total...........4,467 105 FIFTH DISTIRCT. York.................. .... 923 Chester..................... 569 Lancaster................... 931 Chesterfield.. .. ... .... ...... 813 Kershaw............. ...... 410 Cherokee......... ..........76 Total................... 4230 Scattering: 1. SINTU DISTRICT. Norton. Evans. Clarendon........... 723 1 Darlington.......... 530 .33 Marlboro..... ......536 Marion............1,157 63 Florence........... .634 11 orry............. 830 43 Williamsburg.. .... .. 355 Total............4,765 .151 SEVENTH DISTRICor. Stokes. Weston. Lexington.......... .. 75 9 Orangeburg.........1,456 81 Sumter............. 459 81 Colleton............. 541 94 Berkeley............. 426 125 Rihland............ 53 65 Lee........ ........ 326 26 Dorchester. ..... ..... 417 -53 Total............4,433 505 The following are the State officers to be inaugurated on January 12th. Governor-W. H. Ellerbe. Lieutenant Governor-M. B. Me Sweeney. Secretary of State-M. B. Cooper. Attorney General-G. Dncean Bel linger. Trasurer-W. H. Timmerman. Comptroller-J. P. Derham. Adjutant General-J. W. Floyd. Superintendent of Education-J. J. MMahan. Railroad Commissioner-C. W. Gar ris.-State. An exchange says: Old Abram's wisest remark: "Ef de descendants ob de rooster what crowed at Peter was ter make a noise ebery time a lie is told, dar would be such .a noise in de world CAPTAIN SIOSBE'S SroRY. R:-s Account of tle Destruction of the Battieshii 21aine. Ca;t. .are D. Siv:.bee isi contri bo:inig to The ('nta:: maizine hi, -Personal Narni iof the ain. lie % ill write for no othr periodical. In the December Century hisi -second pa per describes the blowirwg up of the Maine and the scenes that followed it. Capt. Sigsbee says: About an hour before the explosion I hid completed a report called for by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. assistant sec retary of the navy, on the advisability of continuing to place torpedo tubes on board cruisers and hattleships. I then wrote a letter home in which I struggled to apologize for having carried in my pocket for 10 months a letter to my wife from one of her friends of long stand ing. The cabin-mess .ttendant, James Pinckney. had brought me. about an hour before, a civilian's thin coat, be cause of the prevailing heat: I had taken off my blouse, and was wearing this coat for the only time during the cruise. In the pocket I had found the unopened -and undelivered letter. Pinckney. a lighthearted colored man. who spent much of his time in singing. playing the banjo. and dancing jigs. was for some reason in an especially happy frame of mind that night. Poor fellow! He was killed, as was also good old John R. Bell. the colored cabin steward. who had been it the navy 27 years. At taps ("turn in and keep quiet"), 10 minutes after 9 o'clock, I laid down my pen to listen to the notes of the bu gle, which was singularly beautiful in the oppressing stillness of the night. The marine bugler, Newton. who was rather given to fanciful effects, was evidently doing his best. During his pauses the echoes floated back to the ship with singular distinctness, repeat ing the strains of the bugle fully and exactly. A half-hour later Newton was dead. I-was enclosing my letter in its en velope when the explosion came. The impression made on differcnt people on board the Maine varied somewhat. To me, in my position, well aft, and with in the superstructure, it was a bursting, rending. crashing sound or roar of im mense volume, largely metallic in char acter. It was followed by a succ.,ssion of heavy, ominous, metallic sounds, probably caused by the overturning of the central superstsucture and by fall ing debris. There was a trembling and lurching motion of the vessel, a list to port, and a movement of subsidence. The electric lights, of which there were eight in the cabin where I was sitting; went out. Then there was intense blackness and smoke. The situation could not be mistaken, the Maine was blown up and sinking. For a moment the instinct of self-pre servation took charge of me, but this was immediately dominated by the ha bit of command. I went up the in clined deck into the starboard cabin, toward the starboard air-perts, which were relieved somewhat against the background of the sky. The sashes were out; and the opening was large. Myfirst intention was an escape through an air-port, but this was abandoned in favor of the more dignified way of mak ing an exit through the superstrure. I groped ray way through the passage to the outer door. The passage turned to the right, or starboard, near the for ward part of the superstructure. When the turn was reached, some one ran into me violently: It was Private William Anthony, the orderly at the cabin door. He said something apolo getic, and reported that the ship had been blown up and was sinking. He was directed to go out to the quarter deck, and I followed him. Anthony has been pictured as making an exceed ingly formal salute on that occasion. The dramatic effect of a salute cannot add to his heroism. If he had made a salute it could not have been seen in the blackness of that compartment. Anthony did his whole duty, at great personal risk, at a time when he might have evaded the danger without ques tion, and deserved all the commenda tion he received for his act. He hung near me with unflagging zeal and watch fulness that night until the ship was abandoned. I stood for a moment on the star board side of the main-deck, forward of the superstructure, looking toward the immense dark mass that loomed up amid ships, but could see nothing dis tinctly. There I remained for a few seconds in an effort to grasp the situa tion, and then asked Anthony for the exact time. He replied: " The explo sion took place at 9.40, sir," It was soon necessary to retire from the main deck, for that part of the ship was sinking rapidly. I then went up on the poop-deck. By this time Lieut. Com mander Wainwright and others were near me. Everybody was impressed by the solemnity of the disaster, but there wes no excitement apparent; perfect discipline prevailed. The question has been asked many times if I believed that the Maine was blown up from the outside. My an swer to this has been my first order on reaching the deck was to post sentries about the ship. I knew that the Maine had been blown up, and believed that she had been blown up from the outside, Therefore, I ordered a measure which was intended to guard against attack. There was no need for the order, but I am writing of first impressions. There was the sound of many voices from the shore, suggestive of cheers. The Girls Men Admire. They admire the girl who is her moth er's right hand in household matters, and who is not above taking an interest in tne most trivial matters in connec tion with house duties. They admire the girl who is a bright, entertaining companion, 'and who has ever a kind word and pleasant smile for all with whom she comes in contact. They admire the girl who is al-vays neatly gowned, no matter if in inexpen sive materials, and who never dresses loudly or in questionable taste. They admire the girl who can adapt herself to any society, who never puts on affected airs, and who would scorn to do a mean action. They admire the girl who in an emer gency can turn her hand to anything, from cooking the family di-nner to re trimming an old hat. They admire the girl who is unselfish enough to give up some pleasure of her own to benefit another, and does not consider herself aggrieved at having to do so. They admire the girl who can talk of more important things than dreas or the last new opera, and who can listen in telligently when deeper subjects aie in troduced. Marrying Young. Marrying young seems to run in the family of Ella Randler, of Manheim. Pa., who was married a few days ago at the age of ]3 years. She belongs to a family which marries young. Her mother and grandmother were both un er 14 whet -'- were married. SPAIN ACCEPTS. She Surrenders Every Island De manded by the Americans. THE THIRTEEN ARTICLES. Philippine Evacuation About Same as for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Mutual Rele'ase of Prisoners. The Peace Coimission at Paris will soon be through with its work. Spain has accepted the American demands. The Spanish commissioners announced being authorized by their government to reply that though the American propositions are inadmissible on legal principles and are not a proper compro mise on legal principleb, that on the Spanish part all diplomatic resources are exhausted and that Spain. inspired by reasons of patriotism and humanity and to avoid the horrors of war, resigns her-elf to the power of the victor. She accepts the offered conditions uncondi tionally in order to conclude a treaty of peace. The American demands includ ed the acquisition of the whole of the Philippine and Sulu groups for $20, 000,000, and it is also understood the United States will pu-chase the Caro line group. The question of the debt of Cuba was left unsettled. THE THIRTEEN ARTICLES. There were thirteen articles laid be fore the two commissioners covering the following subjects: First-The relinquishment of sover eignty over and claim of title to Cuba. Second-The cession of Puerto Rico and other Spanish possession in the West Indies, together with Guam, in the Ladrones. Third-The cession of the Philip pines. Fourth-The terms of the evacua tion of the Philippines. Fifth-The pledge of the United States to preserve order in the Philip pines pending the ratification of the treaty. Sixth-The release of military pri soners mutually. Seventh-The cession by Spain of the Island of Kusai, or Strong island, in the Carolines. Eighth-The mutual relinquishment of indemnity claims. Ninth-The religious freedom of the Carolines, assuring the rights of Ameri can missionaries there. Tenth-Cable landing rights at points within the Spanish jurisdiction. Eleventh-The release by Spain of political prisoners for offenses in Cuba and the Philippines. Twelfth-The pledge of the United States to inaugurate in the Philippines an "open door" policy and to guarantee the same to Spain for at least twelve years. Thirteenth-A revival of the treaties broken by the war. FOUR ARTICLES AGREED UPON. The first three articles were mutually agreed upon today, as was also the ar ticle embodying the terms of the evacu ation of the Philippines, which will be practically the same as in the evacua ation of Cuba and Puerto Rico. A Very Peculiar Case. A very peculiar case is now puzzling the people of Walterboro and vicinity. The Press and Standard gives the fol lowing particulars of it: "Thursday morning last Sam Riggs, a Negro living in the low country, drove into town and presented Sheriff Owens with a horse and buggy and a double barrelled breechloading gun, with one barrel empty and the other loaded with buck shot. Riggs said that Wednesday night two men broke into his house, cursed him and then would have shot him, but another Negro being present and knocking up the gun, the load took ef fect in the side of the house. He said that several of his friends were in the house with him then, and that before the man could shoot again one of them had seized the gun and wrenched it from him; that the men being thus dis armed, gave up the attempt and fled. Their horse and buggy was tied nearby, but they were so closely pursued by the enraged Negroes that they didn't stop, but continued their flight through the woods. The Negroes, failing to over take their would-be lynchers, untied the horse, jumped into the buggy, drove to Walterboro and turned them over to the sheriff. Riggs says there were other white men near, but does not know who they were or how many. But this is Riggs' side of the story. Mr. Dave Blocker, to whom the horse and buggy belonged, -tells another story.s He came to town, regained p-ssession of his property through claim and de livery proceedings. He says he was waylaid on the highway and deprived of the turnout. It is rather a peculiar case and somewhat involved in mys tery." ___________ . Our NIew Empire. The islands we take from Spain as a result of the war which has just term niated number more than two thous and. As they have never been coun ted or accurately surveyed we can't state positively the exact number or give their exact dimensions, but the best statistics available yield the fol lowing results as to areas in square miles: Cuba........ ........... 45,000 Porto Rico.................3550 Hawaiian group............. 6,640 The Philippines...........114,000 The Sulus.................. 1,00 The Carolines............. 1,000 Guam in Ladrones......... ..500 Total.................. 171,690 The Hawaiian group was not taken from Spain, but as they form part of our new empire we include it with the others. According to the dimensions Cuba is about the size of New York. Ohio or Alabama. Porto Rico is a little smaller than Connecticut. The Hawaiian Islands are somewhat smaller than New Jersey, the largest island, Hawaii, being about twice the size of Delaware. The Philippines cover land space about as great as New York and the New England states together. Luzon. on which Manila is situated, it not much smaller than New York. All the new dependencies together are about equal in erea to the New England States, New York, Pennsyl vania and New Jersey. Thirty-Seven Lives Lo'st. Thirty-seven people were drowned who were on board the Brithish steam er Clan Drummond from the Clyde via. Liverpool for Cape Good Hope, wrecked in the bay of Biscay. The nemainderi of the ship's company saved number 23. They are on board the British steamer Holbein, Capt. Shurtoek, from London and Antwerp for Rio Janeiro ancored off Cascaes, 15 miles west of here. The Holbein has prop'eller shaft-1 EDREAMS'-THAT'3 ALL, A day prlng dream. . wail on thfi wind, a bay-'s <all, A 1ur e of life in a wondrous shawl, 1hu.r and red and dimpled and small This 7:ry thing, Fcr hs ury Kingdom to install . ream- that's all. A morning dream, Of rjseai '-. ravishing hope and light, Ard hou.'ant. life and promise bright, Of you:hful joy and keen delight, Of ard.nt love, And snles above, Ard a heart for Cupid to enthrall, A dream-that's all. A mid-day dream, Ambition's blazing, zenith sun, Laureils and palms and honors wc4, And the road to riches well begun, A nol!r- ran, A fitf:l Fame And Formune. siaves at beck and cal A dream-that's all. A to'ilight dream, ShadruW! and silence and fading light, A;-.. C:-.r; day and falling night, A hu;: 3, and an ending, and failing sight, A ,rec'ing chill, Then ail i:; still, And the. dark comes down like a solemn pall A dream-that's all. A mCr!rht dream, Dus: ar.d nrhcs, a shattered vase, A (run '.nr f'over, a pale, sad face, A vl, v:c~i . s.l.nce o'erthe place, 'hen darl:::css, death, And a lor.g, black wait for the judgment cal: A dream-that's all. -D. G. BIckers, -in Atlanta Constitution. 8SADIFS VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR. 0 BY inat T CARYL COX. a T HE governor was returning from lune.heon in good humor, albeit in scmetbing of a hurry. lie had lingered longer than he in tended, listening to the anecdotes of his companions; so now he passed rap idly down the corridors of the state house, exchanging greetings with those he met, and entered his own office. His quick eyes noted the one clerk Lusily at. work, -and he nodded as he passed on to the inner office. His hand was on. the doorknob when a child's voice remonstrated: "The ,overnor ain't in there; he's gone to dinner. You'll have -to wait." The clerk 'turned his head as if to speak; but the governor silenced him with a motion as -he turned toward the speaker. His kindly eyes took in with a glance the small girl figure resting back ita the big chair. Her feet did not reach to the floor; her coat was flung over the back of another chair, and her hat hung on to the doorknob of the governor's private office. She certain ly was very much at home. She looked up and smiled. "have some?" she said, holding up a doughnut. "There are plenty more," looking down at the.paper bag in her lap. "I brought my lunch along, 'eause I was afraid I'd get 'hungry; and if you've got to wait you might as well eat something too." The governor smiled in answer. "rye been here 'most forever," she continued, confidingly, "and there've been just piles of folks in; butthat man over there"-pointing to the listening elerk--"he said the .governor couldn't see anyone before three o'clock. He's at real nice man., though, even if he did send them off. Hemustbesomepartic ular friend of the governor, Iguess, see ing he stays here all the time and looks out for things. He's been real polite to me, and you'd like him, I know," nod ding gravely into the governor's emused face. "Suppoie we go in here and wait," suggested the governor, opening the door of his inner office. "Oh, I daren'.t!" The child's voice was full of awe. "It's the governor's, you know, and 'he mightin't like it." Her voice was scarce above a whisper as she slipped noiselessly from her chair and stocod by the governor, gazing into the room with wide-open eyes. "We might go in, don't you think?" queried the governor, a break in his voice, 'turning to theelerk. "Oh, yes, certainly," replied the clerk, with an answering smile. "There! dida't I tell you?" cried the child, as she danced into the room. "He's a kind man, just as I said." "You sit there," indicating the re volving chair at the desk, "and we'll make believe you're the governor. I ni ish you were," wistfully. "Why ?" queried the-governor. "You aren't afraid of him, are y.ou?2" "No," hesitatingly. "That is, not much. I guess I almost ain't. But he's the governor. you know, and has to do n'ry important things, and he might not like to 1)e bothered wi'th a litte girl. Ilut I woulda't be afraid of you. 'e'ause y.ou've got such kind eyes. You'd listen to me, but he might tell me to get out. D~o you suppose he would?" "No," the governor reassured hier. "lie miigL-t be very busy, you know, but I guess he'd listen to you; that is, if you should tell your story well and_ plainly. You might tell it to me as a sor't of practice, then I can tell better if the governogvill listen to you." "All right," she began, settiling baek in~ her chair and rubbing its shiny arms. "It's about a fair, you see," looking up in.to the kind eyes. "We want to hve one out where I live-one to help t he grand army, yocu know. 'cause they were soldiers, and t'heir houses got burned down, and they don't have any paee to meet. But nobody won't go to fairs, 'cause they're tired of them, and some one said if they coulM only ' the governor to come down r . there and say something, a' .<,n~ake hands with the people,'. , ,bey could get a big crowd out. "rolks would come f'rom all round, same's they do to a cattle show, 'cause they're awfully fond of the governor. He's the best one we ever had, you know. That's. what &~y' say, bM guess it's partlIy 'cause some of the men was in the same empany with, him in the war; and seeingi Ie's governor and they know him, it makes 'em feel pre tty big. "Anyway, I heard a man isy so; but then, he's always saying sonimthing that ain't nice. He said the governor wouldn't come -when the committee wrote to him about it; and when the' answer came that he had too man-y en gagemnents he just smiled and said: 'I tcd you so.' "And they felt awful discouraged, and papa felt so bad I just thought I'd come and see about i-t.. I thought if I could see the governor and tell him about it, perhaps he'd come after all. [ don't suppose he will, though, seeing 'm only a little girl." "He might." the governor suggest ed, looking beyond her out of the win dw. "H~e might not have under stood, you know; for he gets a good many invitations to go to places, and' probably he didn't realize how much you wanted him." The child's face brightened-. "Oh, we do want him awfully." she cried; and we'd make lots of money. I know. And I thought perhaps he'd bring his show her ro1und. Wer'r going to have ice cream, you know. Don't you s'peC she'd like to come?" A murmur of voices in the oute office, and a gruff voice calling:' "Sadie!" precluded any answer to this query. "It's Sam." said the child, slipping - out of her chair. "and he's come for me. and I shan't see the governor. Now, ain't that just too bad' Big tears rolled down her cheeks. "And I'm-so--disappointed," she sobbed. "I -might tell him fon you," the gov ernor said, drawing .her toward him. "You've told me all about it,. so that I understand. perfectly, and I'll see that he knows all about it, and I'll send you word to-morrow." "Will you, really?" The child's voice -trembled with eagerness. "You aren't teasing, are you, seeing I'm a little girl?" "No," he assured her, gravely. "Honest Injun! That's what you say when you mean it, isn't it? I thought so," as the child nodded. "That's what my little girl makes me say some times. Well, now you run along with Sam, and be sure too'go to the post office to-morrow, so as to know wheth er the governor will come. I'm prett. sure he will," he added, as she vanished into the outer office. The town of Mayfair was in astate of great excitement. The grand army was to hold a big fair, and the govern or was to be present. He was actually coming, despite his former refusal. A big official-looking document had come to the chairman of the commit tee, saying that on further considera tion, the governor has decided to give himself the pleasure of opening the fair, and, furtherihcre, he should bring two members of his staff with him. Sadie had heard of it with great joy; but it was no news to her, for she had received a note from her casual friend at the state house; and this she treas ured, and slept with it under her pillow every night. At last the niginat of the fair came, and the hall was crowded so there was scarce space left for the entrance of the governor and his escort when he should come. Sadie's father was oie of them. They had gone to the sta tion to .meet him. There was a thrill of expectaney all through the crowd, and eyes were kept anxiously at the door. Sadie edged to the center of the hall, and clasped and unclasped her hands nervously. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes shone. The people about the door were crowding back. Two men. in uniform. with gold lace, appeared in the door way. The governor would come next.. A burst cf music from the band. The people were noving excitedly. But where was the governor? She looked in vain for more gold lace. Perhaps. he would wear a purple robe, such as kings wore. Why, there Was the man she had talked to at the state house. She gave a happy laugh. Hov nice! He had come too. She started forward to meet him. and he turned toward the eager child, a, bright smile illuminating his handsome face. But the crowd held her'back "Wait till the governor has passed," some one said. "The governor!" She drew a quick breath. Could he. be the governor? Why, she had talked to him the same as if he were any common man. What. must he think of her? H~e couldn't'be angry, surely, because he had come.' Yes, he really -had come, for all the people were -pointing toward,him and whispering. He seemed to be looking toward her. She shrank back shyly; but his kindly eyes had. caught sight of the little fig ure, and he smiled and held out his hand. So, unconscious of the throng of amazed onlooleers, and seeing only his kindly face, she slipped from her place and ran to him; and together up the hail, through the cheering crowd, they passed-Sadie and the govern'or of the state, hand in hand.--N. Y. Inde pendent.________ The Lessonis.Plain. It has been stated that because of the low prices at which the farmer can procure the things he has to buy, he is~ better off despite the fact that he gets so little for his cotton, but this has been effectively and convincingly an swered as follows in the Augusta Chro nicle: Suppose a farmer's cotton costs him 5-cents a pound to make it, and he sells it for 8-cents. He has 3-cents a pound profit with which to buy his sugar, coffee, clothing, whoes and other necessities. Now suppose that, though is cost him 5-cents to make it, he only gets 4-cents a pound for it. Instead of having a balance to spend, he has lost money on his year's work. Now, what does it matter to the farmer who has not made a cent whether sugar, shoes, household goods, clothing, etc., are cheaper than they were a few years ago, if he has nothing with which to buy them? This is not a fancy sketch, but is the problem that confronts many a farmer today. Here is a statement from an intelligent man in Jefferson county who keeps books on his farming operations. It is the experience of a white tenant. Rented a 2-horse farm.. ......$ 40.75 Paid for fertilizer...... .... ..50.00 Hire and board of 1 hand. 7.00 Necessary family expenses and' taxes................64.(0 Necessary farm expenses, gin ning, bagging, ties, etc.. 38.15 5 289.55 Recived for all products on farm..............$ 288.37 Balance to loss account... 1.75 This is arather discouraging result of a year's labor. It does not matter much to him that sugar, shoes, funiture and clothing are cheaper than ever before. Wherewithall has he to buy? It is stated, by the gentleman who furnished us these figures that the tenant is a thrifty, industrious man, and in addition to laboring himself, two other members of his family worked on the farm. There are six in the family to clothe and shoe, etc., and there were doctor's bills $7.60 and taxes $2.40. Take these amounts from the amounts charged to "necessary family expenses," and one can judge whether the expenditures of this family of six persons were extrava gant or not. When such is the experi ence of an intelligent, industrious and ecoomical family, in which every ef' fort was made to make both ends meet it is easy to see how much worse it was with a large percentage who are shiftless and who kept no amount of expenditures or cost. It is a bad state of affairs, and all talk about 4-cent cot ton not hurting the southern planter is simply talk and nothing more. In the abandonmentof cotton to a large extent and the cultivation of diversified crops, the southern farmer must look .for re demption. Cotton must be raised in the south, of course, and will continue to be, but the southern planter must raise his food crops also, and must learn to prodceottnat less cost.