The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 11, 1899, Image 4

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W INTIROP COLLEGE A Number of Improvements in the Grounds and Buildings. INTERESTING STATISTICS. Annual Report of the Trustees. The Sum of Thirty-One Dol lars Asked from the Leg. islature. The report of the trustees of Win throp college has been given to the prin ter. The report as a whole indicates continued development and progress. The following extracts embpoly the principal features of the report: During the paot year many improve ments have been made in the buildings and grounds and on the farm and in the equipmeat of the different depart ments of the college. A bowlingalley hasbeen built, a sky light placed over the laboratory, a drop curtain and partition in the auditorium. inside blinds on the windows on the first floor rooms of the dormitory for priv acy and security, a freight elev-itor ereeted.on the back piazza of the C6or mitory and a dum waiter placed in the infirmary, the floors, of the dormitory painted and matting laid in all the hall ways and on the steps, additional fire escapes arranged and a fire truck with ladder and all necessary outfit bought, an emergency steel tank of 7,000 gal lons capacity placed in the power house aL pipe connections so made that it may be filled from the reservoir in case of aecideut at the pump house: addi tional steam pipes were covered with asbestos to save fuel: a steAl tank of 3,000 gallons capacity was placed at the farm to surply pure water for the dairy he4-anad beef cattle and for the dairy and far, water being pumped into it frqm a well by meansof ahot air motor. whish' requires not much more than a barrel of coal to run it for a month; a erio and tool house have been built near the farmer's dwelling and two circular silos, each holding 80 tons of ensilage, erected near the barn. Thorough drainage for the depression in the college campus, northwest of the dormitory, is being established, prepara tory to filling and grading. The sewer age system has been extended in con formity with the recommendations of the nedical commission which visited the college. last December-the terra cotta sewer being continued to a point below the Arcade mill. over a mile from the college, and emptying into a branch beyond the corporate limits of the city. The precautions always taken to guard against sickness were :ot omitted last summer-the college buildings and premises were thoroughly cleaned, the tower tank and reservoir scoured, and all sewers carefully and frequently flushed, and there has been no serious sickness thus far this season, and very little sickness of any kind. We kept within all of our financial estimates as to the expense of students last session, and also within the ap propriation for the maintenance of the tollege made by the general assembly, as will be seen by the financial state ment accompanying this report. Good board, including furnished room, light, heat and washing, is given for $8.50 a month, and the average cost of the uni forms for the whole session was less than $24. This ses don has begun most auspic iously. The attendance is already greater than that of the whole of last session, and would have been still larger if there had been dormitory accommoda tions for all those making application for admission. One of the most grati fying features of the attendance is the large percentage of old students en rolled. The senior class numbers 63, and only 1 is a new student. The stu dents are better prepared in all classes thaa heretofore to do the work of the school, and the fine spirit of earnestness and loyalty pervades the whole student body. The girls as arule are painstak ing and conscientious, and there has been no friction or trouble in the disci pline of the school. The teachers are working together for the common good. There are 29 teachers in all. In its three years life at Rock Hill, Winthrop coilege has had over 800 stu dents from South Carolina and other States in its walls, and has sent out many trained teachers and workers, who are proving by their labors in the school room, the office and the home that though it may not have reached its full development, it is at least develop ing along the lines intended by its char ter. ENRoLLMENT. The total number of pupils admitted to the college this session is 463-three hundred and forty-f our in the college elasses, and one hundred and nineteen in the practice. The States of South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Virginia, and all the counties of South Carolina are represented in the student body. The enrollment by counties is as follows Abbeville.............---. Aiken...... ......... ..-... Anderson................--. 1 Bamberg.................. Barnwell. ........ Beaufort.............-..----. Berkeley.................. Charleston...... ........... -1 Cherokee..................... Chester......... ............2 Chesterfield.................6 Clarendon............. .. -.. .. Colleton. . . . .. . .. . . .. Darlington................-.. Dorchester............. ..... Edgefield................... Fairfield................. ....l Florence......... ......... Georgetown...... ......---... -... Greenwood.... .... ... --.. ... Hampton............----.-.-. Horry...... .. ...... -.. -..-.. Kershaw.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Lancaster...................6 Laurens.................... 2 Lexington.................. Marlboro........ .. ...... .. Marion....................1 5 -1 Newberry......... .......... Oconee.. ................ 0 Pickens....... .... ..... ....'3 Richland....................- 2 Saluda.............. ....... 3 Spartanburg.............-. .1-- 2 Sumter.................--.-.-1 Union....... .............. ..3 Williamsburg............... Yorkville.... .... The average age oftecollege stu dents is 18 years and 4 months. This fact alone indicating considerable ma turity of mind is assurance of earnest ness on the part of the student body and of a purpose to make the most of the opportunities offered by the college. From answers to a direct question on the registration card it is found that 60l per cent. 'Tf the number enrolled could not have attended any college this ses sion if Winthrop had not brought educa ion within their reach. Ironm 253 uenuite answers to the question concerning the occupation of I fathers. we learl that there are in the college the daughters of: 146 farmers. 20 merchants. 5 physicians. 15 minis ters. 2 clerks, 10 lawyers. 19 Lnited States. State and county officers S railroad. insurance, machine and other agents. 1 mill manufacturer, 2 mill I superintendents, I editor. 3 teachers, 2 cngineers, 3 lumber and turpentine dealer-. 1 dentist, 2 surveyors, 4 drug Iists. .5 mechanics, 3 bookkeepers. 1 banker. The students not answering this ques tion have widowed mothers or no pa rents living. The students are divided as to relig ious denominations as follows: 77 Bap tist, 6S Presbytcaians. 88 Methodist, 25 Episcopalians. 3 Lutherans, 14 A. 1R. Presbyterian. 3 Catholics, 2 Jews, 1 Christian, 1 Universalist. The few students who are not mem bers of some church attend regularly the churches of their choice. In the industrial classes are enroll ed: Stenography and typewriting...... 38 Bookkeeping...... -- ---- -- Dressmaking and sewing.. ..... Free hand and industrial drawing..108 Cooking.......... .........23 Dairying, horticulture and floricul ture.................... 40 Millinery.. .................. 21 Number of students in normal de partment..................... 177 There were 500 applicants for admis sion to the college last summer. Only 262 could be accommodated in the dor mitory. This number is considerably greater than formerly on account of our action limitiug the number of rooms for teachers to six. As a consequence of this policy many perplexing questions of discipline have been eliminated and the work of the school as a whole has been more satis factory. From our experiense there can be no question of the desirability. the great advasutages to the individual students in dormitories under college control ant we believe that the best interests of the institution now almost imperatively de mand that additional dormitory accom modations shall be provided. The pressure for admission to the college has kept up for four years and the evi dence of the need of more room is now established beyond a doubt, but for prudential reasons the board have de cided to ask for no appropriation for that purpose at the present time. FARM AND GROUNDS. The farm of 144 acres is answeiing its purposes more and more satisfactorily each year of supplying to the college vegetables, fruit, milk, butter and meat and of- securing to it an unfailing sup ply of fresh, pure food. The ordinary market in a small town is very uncertain and it would be im possible to run properly the boarding department of a great institution like Winthrop without a farm to depend upon. The dai-y is now fully equipped and the supply of milk and butter is all that could be desired. It is fresh and pure and costs the college much less than formerly, when bought by contract. Cattle are bought and fattened on the farm and good beef is secured in this way at 4b cents a pound. On the farm also hogs are being raised and fattened at little or no expense upon the refuse from the college kitchen. An orchard of more than 800 fruit trees, early and late varieties, planted at a cost of $55, is doing well and will bear by next spring and summer, when the board expect to can fruit as well as vegetables for college use and thus effect a considerable saving to the boarding department of the college. .STIMATES FOR THE YEAR. After a careful estimate of expenses, based upon the experience of last ses sion, and a thorongh consideration of the necessities of the college, we find that we shall need the following amounts for running expenses, insur ance, equipment, repairs and so on: Salaries (teachers).. ......$3,048 84 Salaries (employes) physician, engineers, matron, house keeper, librarian. registrar superintendent of farm and grounds, baker, fireman, watchman, dairyman, keep er of supply room, trained nurse, superintendent of laundry................ 6,159 84 Lights and fuel.. .. .... .. 4,200 00 Insurance (three years from September, 1899).. ..... 1,400 00 Janitors and service.... .... 6,000 00 Repairs and improvements.. 1,200 00 Library...... ......... 1,000 00 Total.. .. .. ....... .$43,008 48 This amount may be reduced by the following resources of the eollege: Peabody fund (probable ap propriation). .. .. .. .. ...$ 3,000 00 Tuition and fees..-....-.-... 8,500 00 Rock Hill graded school. -... 360 00 Total..-.-....-.-....-.... $1,860 00 Appropriation required... $31,148 48 This r stimate does not include the scholarship fund as a resource of the college, because it is paid, not to the college, but to the students individ ually to help them defray their expenses according to the act approved March 9, 1896. The college acts as agent only for the students in drawing the money from the State treasury. It will be seen that this estimate provides for three years insurance from September, 1899. On account of the complete system of fire protection, the low insurance rate of 35 cents on the $100 has been secured for Winthrop college. The financial report of the treasurer of the board with the report of the fi nace committee of the board is ap pendd to this report. It is for the sholastic year Sept. 5. 1897, to Sept. 1 1898, as required by law (Sec. 3 of the act of 1896 relative to the reports of all State institutions of higher learn ing.) The balance of the State appro priation for the support of Winthrop col lege undrawn at the date of the fianan eial report. Sept- 1. 1898, is not in eluded in the college's receipts. This balance will be drawn in monthly in stalments and used for running tho col lege up to the meeting of the legislature as intended by the general assembly, and will be accounted for in the next annual report. An itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of the college has been filed with the State superinten dent of education as required by law. W. H. Ellerbe. Goernor and Chairman of Board of Trustees Winthrop College. Mr. James M. Smith of Columbia, S. C., writes: Dear Sir-It lives me great pleasure to say that tne uid North State Ointment bought of you has entirely cured me of eczema when everything I had used previously failed to gie any relief. It is a great medi ine, and I would not 'be without it in my house. I use it for almost every thing, where any medicine is needed, and have gotten the best of results every time. Respectfully, I JTameM. Smith. SAVED HIS PARTY. Bryan is a Man of Brains and Breadth. HE IS STRONGER THAN EVER His Statesmanlike Advice on the Philippine, Peace Treaty and Army Bill Issues. Signifi cant Statements. The Washington correspondent says: The wisdom of the decision of the Democratic leaders in congress to make no fight, on the ratification of the peace treaty, but to fight out the territorial question as a separate proposition, is becoming every day more and more manifest. It is very evident that a condition which bade far to produce dissensions and difierences in Demo cratic ranks has been so changed by the wisdom of a few men that the party presents practically a solid front on all political questions, and has been strengthened where there was danger of its being greatly weakened. This fact of a united Democracy is the first and more important effect of the conferences held between Mr. Bry an and other Democratic leaders upon the occasion of his recent visit here. Another result of that visit-and it is one which is sure to play an important part upon the politics of the future-is this: Mr. Bryan himself has been great ly strengthened in the eyes of a great many people by the wisdom of the course which he pursued. Men who a few weeks ago were in clined to join in the criticism of Bry an and to regard him as too closely al lied to ong particular issue to be an al together 9afe man on other issues-a big, broad leader in other words-are now the loudest in singing his praises and declaring that the Nebraskan is all that his most enthusiastic friends have ever claimed for him. Of course there has never been any ground for this criticism of Bryan, but it has been of a character designed to d> the man himself harm. The mis representation of the eastern press has been continuous. Everything Bryan did, every word he uttered, was zriti cised and distorted. The motives of the man in entering the army were questioned, and his attitude upon the question of staying in or getting out of the service was distorted. It was de clared that he was anxious to resign when he had no such thought; the fact that he did a soldier's part and refused to open his mouth either in praise or criticism has made him the subject for ridicule, just as was the fact that be fore he entered the service he had some thing to say about the war; the same crowd which criticised him for volun teering his services when the president had called for volunteers also criticised him for resigning his commission when the treaty of peace had been signed. All this was of course, inspired by the interests which fear the infiunce of Biyan upon the politics of the future. Ordinarily a man who has been defeated for office is not regarded as formidable; defeat in most cases is a sin for which it is difficult to find forgiveness; but the Republicans realize that Bryan is no ordinary man, and that the defeat he sustained in 1896 when all the odds ,ere so terribly against him, was no ordinary defeat. They see the man is a power, and seeing this, they have, from the first, done everything they could do to weaken his influence. One result of this onslaught of criti ism was that not a few Democrats here in Washington, where public men fall more or less under the influence of the eastern press, were inclined, as they expressed it, to "weaken on Bryan." One of these men, a member of the house whose influence on the Demo cratic side is great and who is recognized as a national figure, said to me tonight, in discussing Bryan: 'I give it up. You know I have been inclined all the time to the belief that Bryan's career was largely meteo ric, and that while he was undoubtedly a splendid candidate for us in that last campaign which was made entirely upon the silver issue, he did not possess all the elements of a big leader. I confess that I have studid his utterances in vain for evidence to substantitate my idea, but despite his failure I, and a good many others like me, have been inclined against Bryan. But my opin ion has changed. I believe now that he is not only a brilliant orator and a man of great force, but that he is also a man of great brains and possesses the breadth and the wisdom for a wise and safe counselor. He is in reality a great leader." Continuing, this member of congress went on to say: "Bryan has saved the party in congress from making two very serious mistakes. With the best inten tons in the world, we were on the verge of getting into two holes, both of which would have done to the party great harm. In the first place, our Demo crats in the senate were most of them inclined to make the mistake of plac ing the party in the position of oppos ug the ratification of the peace treaty. They were, of course, inspired by the purest of motives, their object being to give expression to their views on the question of the disposition-of the Philip pines. They did not seem to know ex actly how they were going to able to do this unless they ought to amend the peace treaty and do everything in their power to prevent its ratification. To have done that would have meant to put the party in a false light before the country. We never could explain to the satisfaction of the American people our advocacy of the policy which would result, technically at least. in returning to a state of war." "The American people want peace. A great many of us believe that the American people do not want to retain the Philippines permanently, but itis even mere certaini that a great majority of the people would not think of allow ing th~os possession~s going back to Spain. When Mr. Bryan came and ad vocated the prompt gratification of the peace treaty, arguing that it would be more practical for members to express their viewc on the question of the dis position of the islands when the qJues tion came more properly before con greas, he saved the party from getting inoa hoLe and showed that he is a lead 'Another hole we were about to get into, was on the question of the in crease of the army. We are. of course, opposed to any unneccessary permanent increase of the regular army. Our peo ple were giving constant expression to their views to this effect, and were put ting themselves in theattitude of oppo sing the plans of the administration, without showing them any other way out of the dilemma furnished by the neeessity of mainta.ining government in a lot of islands with a very inadequate regular army at the president's dispo sal. At the same time our people were .+ksin thnlan fr an inreoae they were-crying out for the mustering out of the volunteer soldiers who did not want to do garrison dumy in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the philippints. "Mr. Bryan furnished the solution of the trouble from a Democratic stand point. by proposing a conpromise plan under which the president would find at his disposal enough volinteer sol diers for duty in these islands so long as such duty was necessary, but with the proviso that when the necessity ceases to exist, the army shall return to its normal size and shall not be a con stant drain upon the pockets of the tax holders as would be the permanent'y in creased regular army which the Repub licans favor. The pdan is a very simple one and certainly meets all the legiti mate requirements. By proposing it, Mr. Bryan furnished a means by which the Democrats in congret; could op pose the increase of the regular army which they think is wrong, and at the same time avoid the mistake of putting themselves in opposition to meeting the requirements which present them selves. "The-Democratic leaders in congress have not always done the wise thing," continued this member. whose name I am not at liberty to use, "but by fol lowing the plan suggested by Mr. Bry an, they will undoubtedly find them eelves not far apart from the masses of the people of the country. He has saved us from making two serious blun ders and has in consequence shown himself a real leader."-Atlanta Con stitution. ARRESTED FOR LARCENY. An Orangeburg Man in Trouble in Columbia. The Columbia State of Sunday says Mr. Daniel G. Ziegler, who is a native of this county, and at one time resided in this city, but who for the past few years resided in Columbia, where he was in the contractor business, was arrested last Saturday on the charge of grand larceny. The following is the account of the affair as we find it in Sunday's State: 1he warrant is sworn to by Mr. V. C. Badham, dealer in machinery, who, charges that Zeigler on or about Aug. 1, 1898, did take, steal and carry away two matcher's heads. numbered 71142 and 71143. The articles are used in connection with planing machinery, and are valued at $35. W. A. Miller, W. A. Champion and W. G. Feaster are cited as witnesses. Mr. Zeigler has been out of the city for some time, but so soon as he returned the warrant was served on him by Constable Bishop. Yesterday morning he appeared be fore Judge Clarkson, accompanied by Mr. H. C. Patton, his attorney, and he was held for his appearance at court in $200 bail, which was furnished later. He is represented by Mr. Jno. T. Dan can also. This case in itself does not seem im tportant, but peculiarcircumstances con. nected with it lend much signifiance to h e charge. The matcher's heads are used for making the "tongue and groove" on ceiling and flooring, and as there is but one factory which makes these tools each set is numbered like a watch or bicycle. Mr. Zeigler states that he had a set, which was left in the mill prior to the fire last August. On the day succeeding the fire he looked over the ruins and saw that his set was ruined, and paid no further attention to the matter. Later, however, it has de veloped that the set of matcher's heads in the ruins belonged to Mr. Badham, as could be told by the numbers. Mr. Badham has consequently taken steps to have the matter investigated, and has had Mr. Zeigler arrested. Mr. Zeigler says he was astonished when he heard that the matcher's heads in the ruins were enumerated different ly from his own, and has begun to make investigation on his own responsibility. He thinks it strange that he should be held responsible for Mfr, Badham's loss, as he, Mr. Zeigler, was not the owner of the mill. He claims that he has evidence to prove his complete inno cence, and that the same evidence will incriminate the party or parties who wilfully fired Wing's mill of which Zeigler was at one time manager. "I cannot say anything more at present," he stated last night, "but sensational developments will surely follow, and I shall meet charge with charge, and shall be proved innocent of the crime laid at my door." PAULLING'S MURDERERS. The Other Two of the Assassins Cap tured at Manning. The Manning correspondent of The State under date of December 26, says: "Messrs. Garrics and Adams, two young men from Fort Motte, Orange burg county, arrived here last night in search of parties implicated in the mur der of Paulling at Fort Motte about 10 days ago. It seems that Paulling was shot while in an intoxicated condition out in the edge of that town, his pock ets rifled and he left in a dying condi tion. There were four negroes in the party at the time of the shooting. Two of them were captured and placed in the Orangeburg jail, while the other two, John Taylor and Major Green, es Icapd. Messrs. Adams and Garrick upon arriving here securred the assist ance of, Policemen. Huggins and Clark this morning and in a short while ar rested both Taylor and Green. A search warrant was secured and Green's house searched. A small watch was found which was identified by the Fort Motte deputies as Paulling's watch. Green says the watch was pawned to him. Taylor admits that he was with the party when Paulling was killed, but that a negro by the name of Werby, he thinks, fired the pistol. Werby is now in Orangeburg jail Green has a wife here, but traveled about considerably. John Taylor says he lived a good deal in Fairfield county and came down here to spend Christmas. The prisoners will be taken back across the river to Orangeburg county, where, it is said, that the law will be allowed to take its course and that they will not be moles ted unless the law fails to mete out punishn*ent for such a foul murder." An Assaulter Hung. James Webster, colored, aged 18, was hanged Friday in the court house yard at Bledfcord City, Va., for rape on an aged and respected lady. Hie had confessed the crime and seemed indif ferent as to his fate. The arrange ments were perfect and there were no unusual 1ncidents about the execution. Sixteen-to-one League. Preliminary steps have been taken in this city for the organization of the "United State~s Sixteen-to-One Money league." The Object of the orgauiza tion is to assist in the organization of political parties on the basis of bimet allism. It is expected the league will THE SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA. Savannah Had Become Attached to Them and They to Savannah. The Second South Carolina boys Tues day morning made the biggest deruons tration cf any of the regiments which have left Savanuah for Cuba. The boys seemed to have made preparations for the grand march from the camp through the streets down to the Gordon wharf, where they boarded the transport Roumania. They carried transparen cies and many were provided with small United State flags with which they ornamented the barrels of their rides. Others carried the stars and stripes in their hands which they continuously kept waving at the large crowd which had turned out to see them off and to wish them a safe voyage. It was 9:30 o'clock when the regiment passed through Bull street at route step and the sidewalks were thickly lined with people, who vociferously cheered the departing soldiers. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs and the Carolinians in appreciation . of the compliment, noisily saluted them with their jcyous company cr3. The boys were all in good humor and happy sprits. They regretted leaving Savannah, where they were thereeipi ents of so many marked attentions, but they were anxious to get to Cuba, which was their objective point when they en listed. About halfway of the legiment one of the soldiers carried a large sized trans parency on which was printed, "We shall never forget the good people of Savannah." une of the privates was followed by his mascot, a small sized black and tan terrier, which was eov ered with a brown blanket. On the blanket was inscribed, "To hell with Jacksonville, three cheers for Savan nah." The innocent canine, walking along, attracted considerable attention and the sign he bore provoked both laughter and cheers from the crowd. Other boys carried along with them in their arms for mascots game roosters. and there were countless cats and dogs taken along. The Second South Carolina is a popu lar command and Col. Wilie Jones and the various officers of his regiment made many friends in the city, who regretted their leaving.-Savannah Press. The Price of Inperiasm The New York Journal makes an impressive showing of the expenses of a policy of expansion which will take us more than six thousand miles away from home and give us a group of islands that will never pay the cost of governing them. We are' setting out on a program which will make our mili tary expenditures far greater than those of any nation of Europe and. we often talk about the burden of the great standing armies of Germany, Russia and France. They will have cause soon to extend their sympathies to us. Ger many's expenses this year for all war like purposes, including army, navy and pensions, foot up as follows: Army Regular ...........$127,973,116 Extraordinary .. 24,077,396 Navy Regular ............15,687,724 Extraordinary........14,825,912 Pensions Army.............. 14,273,333 Navy...... .......... 778,255 Total............$197,615,736 Germany's expenses for warlike pur poses of all kinds, ordinary and extra ordinary, army, navy and pensions, ag gregate $197,615,736. Our own expen ditures for the same purposes, for the fiscal year 1900, will reach the follow ing figures, if the administration has its way: Army..............$166,726,599.71 Navy............... 47,630,531.08 Pensions .. ........ .145,233,830.00 Total........... $359,590,960.79 The New York Journal say.: "e the great pacific nation of the world freed by our situation from any fear o invasion and proud of our ability to de vote our national energies to the im provement of our condition, are spend ig nearly twice as much for warlike purposes as Germany, which is in imme diate contact on land with seven pow ers, disposing of nearly two million regular troops on a peace footing and over ten million trained soldiers in time of war." We shall probably get sick of the imperialist program for many reasons soon after we undertake it. Worthy to Stand With the Rest. The fraternal sentiments of the pres ident on his southern trip, have given rise to many similar expressions from various editorial sources, and, com menting upon Mr. McKinley's visit to the cradle of the Confederacy, the Charleton News and Courier says it doubts not that Jeff'erson Davis, were he alive, would have shared in the pa triotic fervor with which the president was received in Montgome~ry, In sup port of its statement the last speech of the ex-president of the Confederacy at Miississippi City, in 1888, is quoted, as follows: "Men in whose hands the destinies of our southland lie, for love of her I break my silence to speak to you a few words of respectful admonition. The past is dead-let it bury its dead, its hopes, and its aspirations; before you ies the future-a future full of golden promise, a future expanding national glory, before which all the world shall stand amazed. Let me beseech you to lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to take your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be desired -a reunited country." Reproducing this utterance of Mr. Davis, the Washington Post says, "That was a timely, wise and patriotic deliverance, worthy to stand with the best efforts of any of the leaders of men who have figured in our history." Thus the leaven continues its work, and fra ternity covers the land. Died Whistling. 'harles Meberger, 27 years of age, who was found lying by the New York Central tracks at BThfalo, N. Y., one da last week with his skull fractured, is dead. On the evening of the day on which he received his injuries Meber ger began to whistle, although he was wholly unconscious and remained so to the last. He whistled all sorts of tunes and without cessation for 95 hours. A young lawyer, a graduate of Yale, was recently arrested for stealing books at New Haven, and on searching his rooms 1,500 volumes of all sizes and on all subjects were found. He had been carrying on a regular trade with other merchants and was making a good thing out of it. GENERAL Wheeler has consented to be present at the Utica, N. Y., soldiers banquet, to be given January 25. He will respond to the toast, "The Nation's Welcome." T HE Filipinos think that the Ameri can national air is "A Rot Time in the Old Tn." History of Slavery. Johns Hopkins university has issued a circular containing an abstract of an article by J. G. Ballagh. which was re cently read before the Historical asso oiation of the university. Yr. liallagh gives a very exensive and compreben sive view of slavery. i racing its history from the earliest records. iHis review of the history of slavery in this coun try is especially interesting. MIassa chusetts was the first -f tice colonies to give statutory recogni.fm in slavery. This "recognition was ii Cae following order: Massachusetts 1641, Con necticut in 1650, Vix-coa in 1661, Maryland in 1663, New York and New Jersey in 1664, South C 'rolina in 1682, Pennsylvania in 1700, North Caro lina in 1715 and Gergia in 1755. The definition of full status by the addition of incidents demanded by social, economic and political reasons was gradual, continuing through the eighteenth century in the north and until the second half of the nineteenth century in the south. All the colonies by duties tried to. restrict the undue importation of slaves." It will be seen that slavery was "recognized" by two New England colonies before a south em colony took such action. The origi nal charter of Georgia prohibited slav ery and the sale of rum, which was then the most common intoxicant. Mr. Ballagh takes a philosophic view of slavery when he says that it must be considered as a stage, the lowest per haps, in the development of dependent labor. "In its use," he says, "as an organized form of dependent labor slavery represents a stage in progress ive, social and industrial development and is closely related with other forms of labor, such as English villanage, Eu ropean vassalage, American and French colonial servitude and modern depend ent free labor. The status of slavery in North America was as much a native development as it was in Africa, the Spanish colonies and elsewhere. Both in the case of Indians and negroes it passed first through the stage of servi tude, limited in time in most of the English colonies if not in all. This was certainly true of Virginia, Mary land, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and South Car blina. Slavery differed from servitude chiefly in the perpetuity of the loss of personal and civil liberty." Mr. Bal lagh brings out the interesting fact that the first negroes brought to this country were not slaves, but had the same stat us as white servants. The slave trade in America was initiated in New Eng land and became a very large and profit able industry to the thrifty Yankees who engaged, in it. Mr. Ballagh has given us a very valuable condensation of a vast amount of historical knowl edge. Better Not Come South. A eolored individual who glories in the name of T. Thomas Fortune, a resi dent of the city of New York, has re ently been indulging in some very rabid rote in reference to President Mc Kinley and his Southern tour. He is quoted as saying at a Negro mass meet ing in Washington: "I am glad the blessing of the Crea tor was asked for Bill McKinley, for if anybody needs it he does. He is new down South glorifying rebellion, mo bocracy and the murder of women and children. I wiish that every Negro stood where I starnd, for if they did for the thirty Neogro men who were murdered in Wilmington, thirty white assassins would now fill graves. I am the grand son of a Southern white villain, and he would lynch me for looking at a white woman. The biggest organization in this country is the so-called Southern Chevalier of the South. I despised Hayes, but he was a Solomon to this modern thing that comes from Ohio. I believe that the man who is false to hia friend is false to his God. I want the man I fought for to fight for me and if he don't I feel like stabbing him. (Cris from the audience, "Stab him! Stab him!") If I had power I would concentrate the supreme court in one large neck and then use the proverbial African razor. Grover Cleveland had more backbone in his big toe than Mc Kinley has in his back. I want mixed schools and I want mixed marriages; I want mixed churches and I want equal rights in ever; thing." Such character as Fortune should be suppressed, and if he will come South and indulge in such talk as is quoted above we guarantee he will be suppress ed. Anarchism~ requires a strong hand to suppresss it, and the man who boldly advocates assassination, the ap plying of the torch, who talks of the president and the supreme court in such fashion, should be suprrassed and at once. Such a man is an enemy to his own raee. Want Reward Offered. Governor Ellerbe has been asked to offer a reward for the capture of Pope Chavis, who is charged with the murder of Mag'gie Williams, a little child six years old, The affair occurred on the plantation of J. D. Jones in Hebron twnship, Orangeburg county, about the 20th of August. The evidence of the coroner's jury showed that the ac csed fired reoklessly into the house through the "cathole" under the door and the litsle child was killed. Chavis was present at the inquest, and though the verdict charged him with the crime, it seems that he was not arrested. Governor Ellerbe was not at his office Saturday, and it is not known whether or not he will offer the reward. Chavis is thought to be in Orangeburg or in Lexington county. Saved the Train. A eatastrophe to a bird on a Texas railroad killed the bird but prevented a atastrophe to the train. The bird lew against the headlight, smashed the glass and compelled the train to run autiously and thus prevented it from rnning into obstructions that had been put on the track to derail the train TKE New Orleans Picayune says that for the people of the northern states, grip, a more fatal disorder than was the alleged yellow fever of 1897 and 1898 in Lousiana and Mississippi, has no terrors. The people stay at home and face the trouble. Probably they are just as able to run away, and stay away, as are the southern people; but they do not flee; so that any hopes that may be cherished in this part of the ountry of getting back from the north ern people the money left among them by the southerners who fled from the yellwv fever will be disappointed. A SPzEI from Dawson City dated November 14th, says: " Reports from all creeks in the vicinity of Dawson City indieate that the winter's product of gld will exeeed that of last year by mere than 100 per cent. Several per sns are reported to have been frozen to death. One of these was found in a kneeling position bedside his sledge and dogs between Hunker and Sum mit." Demoerats -should be careful how the -amo, Republicans for office. PA AND FREDDIE ABOARD. An Exciting Time For Which There Was Really No Occasion. As a passenger train on the Hannibal was pullng out a tall countryman, in cumbered with four bundles, a ecythe snath, an ax handle, a bag of bananas and a small boy, came out of the depot and began to take his beaings. Up and down the tracks his gaze wandered, up and down the long lines of coaches drawn up under the sheds, and at last, as the rear coach was passing him, he caught sight of the moving train. "Come on, Freddie! Thar she goes!" he yelled and began to transfer some of his belongings from his right hand to his left as he ran. Freddie made an amazing record for one whose legs were so short, and they were soon beside the steps on the rear end of the last coach. There was a man standing on the plat form. "Hay, stop 'er, stop 'er !" cried Fred die's pa. "Put on that ar wind brake, mister! Full that ar rope up over your head and make 'er stop'!" But the man only reached down and caught Freddie, who was leaping and swinging and dragging by turns in his vain efforts to make his short legs stretch far enough to get his feet on the lower step. Pa held on to him with one hand and the man on the platform finally succeeded in drawing him up. Pa slung the banana bag after him. It slid on across the platform and went overboard on the other side. Pa made a leap for the steps, dropped a bundle and stooped to pick it up. The recovery of the bundle took but a second, but the train was getting well under way and was a tail's length ahead when he be gan the chaEe again. One wild spurt, with -his coattails standing out behind him, a reckless leap, and pa, too, was aboard, but a bundle containing an un dershirt had been lost in the tussle. An-employee of the depot picked the bundle up, and a section man who hap pened by appropriated the bananas to his own refreshment. The crowd that had breathlessly awaited the result of the race'melted away, and the depot at tendants, who had been preparing to pick pa up with shovels, webt about their duties. Half an hour later a very angry man came prancing down the depot platform. He was holding a small boy by one hand, and the ends of at ax handle and scythe snath protruded from under his arm. It was pa. He approached a depot official and said: "Why didn't you tell me that wasn't the Wabash? I wanted the Wabash; that's what I wantied." The official tenderly handed pa his new undershirt and replied in the soft tones that soothe the ruffled soul: "I believe you forgot to ask me.-" Kansas City Times. INSISTED ON PAYING. A Man Who Wauldn't Accept Legal Adviee For NothIng. The other day an old fellow slouched into Astorney Oscar Kahn's office, on Lega2 row, and introduced himself as Mr. Smith, Jones, Brown, or something, of a neighboring county. He said he wanted to consult a lawyer and was ac corded a seat and one of the attorney's sweetest smiles. He then explaied that while he was away from home the sheriff or some deputy had attached his wife's sewing machine and bureau for taxes. He did not propose to tolerate such imposition, he declared. "What is the amunt of taxes?" in quired the lawyer. "Lemme see-1.28," was the reply. The lawyer could not conceala smile, but hastened to say: "Well, Mr. Smith, if you want my advice, it is to go hack and settle that small amount. It looks like the easiest and best way out of it." The old fellow thought a moment and replied that he believed he would. Answering, he asked, "How .mch do I owe you?" "Oh, nothing, sir," was tie reply. "I won't charge you anything for-a lit tle advice like that." "But I allus pays flr whut I git and want ter pay yer jes' the same." "Oh, that's all right; come in again some time when you need advice on something more important, and we',11 square it then." "Naw, I want ter pay it now. Jes' squeal out. Ef it's 25 censts, I'll pay it. Ef ye want 50. there It is!" .And he threw down a half dollar and left. Padcah (E'y.) Sun. Mrs. hcklins-! don't want to be im pertinent, but how old are you any way? Some of the ladisawere discuss ing your age at the club the other day, and several of them Claimed that you were at least,85, but I insisted that you were not more than.838. Mrs. Biswick-I'm glad you were so kind. Of course you didn't mention the fact that you were -ready to leave the grammar grade when I was in the primary class at school, did you?-Niew York World. Why, of Course. "I've called to tell you, sir, that the photographs you took of us the other day are not at all satisfactory. Why, my husband looks like an ape!" "Well, madam, you should have thought of that before you had him taken." Household Words. The Egyptian women wore bangle hoops of gold in thaeir ears, which were regarded as the wearer's choicest possessions, and were parted from only under direst stress. The golden calf was supposed to have been made entirely from the earrings of the people. The death penalty is rarely enforced in Germany, Austria, Denmark or Sweden. In New York 11 out of 12 murderers escape without any punish ment, and in the United States only one murderer in 50 suffers capital punish ment. THE Southern Railway company has announced to its employes that there will be a general inerease of 10 per cent. in all wages and salaries of their em ployeb January 1. This is a restoration to the schedule that prevailed before 1893. This will be good news for the emploves whose wages were cut down during the panic in 1893. THE editor of the Bath independent is convinced that the millenium is at hand. Returning from a gunning ex ursion, he found at his office a load of ay, fifteen bushels of potatoes, a load f wood and a barrel of turnips that had been brought in by delinquents. and one man wiped out a debt of ten years standing. Joseph McGee, a Michigan man and a soldier of the war of 1812, the Mexi can war and the .;ar between the states, now, at the age of 110 years, has taken o himself as his fourth wife a gay 50 ear-old Miss, Amelia Day. Amelia probably has an eye on a pension as well on Joseph. The year 1899 begins and ends on Sda,mA mheh ought to make it a good TURNED THE TABLES. A STORY OF ARTEMUS WARD AND HENRY J. CYRON. The Famoun Wit Starte-J In to Have Some Pan With the D.-aniatist. but Found In the End That lie Had Met His Match at Chaffing. What follows relates to the first meeting of the late Henry J. Byron and Artemus Ward. It was at the Sav age club after cne of the Saturday din ners, and Tom Robertson suggested to Artemus to have a tilt wi b Byron and, if possible, draw him out. The genial showman bad only been in England a few days. but be knew Byron's "me tier' and went for him in this fashion: "I fancy I have seen a face like yours before. Did you ever have a brother Alonzo?" Robertson was behind Arte muE and winked at Byron. "Alas, I had!" replied the drama tist, instantly catching the situation. "He was a mari.,r, -.-ed on the deep?" "That's so." "You haven't hear! of him for five years?" Byron affected to be lost in reflection and deliberately replied: "It's five years ago this very day. How curious you should mention it, sir!" "Well, sir," replied Artemus, taking out his handkerchief and pretending to wipe away a tear, "I sailed the salt sea with your brother. We were wrecked together in the gulf of Mexico, and be fore help came I killed and ate him! The moment I saw you I recognized the likeness. He was a good fellow, fall of tender feeling." "I am glad you found him tender," interrupted Byron, also pulling out his handkerchief. "But, sir, I am awfully sorry I ate him, " said Artemus in the most imper turbable iashin. "Had I known I should ever meet his brother I am sure I'd have gone without food some weeks longer. But I was driven to it, and you will forgive me, won't you? I liked Alonzo," and he offered his hand to Byron, which the latter shook with ocr dality. "Excuse my emotion, won't you?" gasped Byron in his handkerchief. "He never wrote and told me what had be come o him. I hope he agreed with you."$ "A slight indigestion afterward. He was a little tough," replied Artemus, "but we'll not speak of that. We both suffered. He suffered most. Butremem ber, sir, the law can't touch me now. It was stern necessity, and neoessity, as you may have heard, knows no law. But I am willing to pay you damages for the loss. About what would you think a fair compensation?" "Don't mention it," said Byron, who now thought it time to turn the tables. "I think your name is Ward?" said he. "Yes. "Artemus Ward?" "Quite so. "Yoa had a father?" "I had." "He was a Yankeepeddler in his own country, was he not? Sold bug pizen and fine tooth combs?" "You've hit the comb-I mean the nail-on the head." "He died in the black country of England, did he not?" "He did." "Well, I killed him:' I knew yo1 were his son the moment I laid eyes c i you. He was a nice old gentleman, and I made his acquaintance in Stafford shire. He wished to go down a deep coal mine; so did I, and we went down together, bad a good time, explored, lunched with the miners, drank more than was good for us and proceeded to return to Mother Earth's snrface. After you have been down a mine you are fond of your mother, I assure you. The prodigal felt nothing .to what'I expe rienced. We entered the huge basket and were being slowly drawn toward the mouth of the- pit when I saw the old rope was about to snap under the strain. It was a perilous, a horrible, a critical moment. The weight of two men was too great, and your father was a broad, bulky man. Self preservation is the first law of nature. An Instant more and we were both lost. We seemed to be about 50 feet from the top. 1 hastily called your father's atten tion to something-implored him, in fact, to look down the mine. He did so, and as I gently tipped him over he went whirling and crashing to the bottom. It was rough on him, but I saved my self. I ciphered it out on the instant like this: He is an old man, nearly bald, deaf in one ear, two teeth gone in front, with only a few years to live. I am half his age, strong and healthy, the father of a young family, with a career before me, a comedy to finish for the Haymarket and a burlesque accept ed at the Strand. Now, I1 ask you, un der the circumstances, did I not behave nobly?" "You did, you did!" sobbed Arte wus. "I would have acted that way myself." "I am glad to find yoa so intelligent. You ate. my brother and found him tough, and I am the assassin of your dear old father." continued Byron, keeping up the farce of pretended emo tion. "We are both avenged. Let us draw a veil over the past and never allude to these heartrending incidents again." "Agreed We cry quits. Sheket' roared Artemus, extending both bands and dramatically dashing a flood of im aginary tears from bis eyes. Then he summoned a waiter, glasses round were speedily ordered, and every body was full of congratulations upon the ready man ner in which the two wits had conduct ed their impromptu chaff.-ExchangO. A Reasou. The Sweet Young Thing-But why should not women enter politics? The Savage Bar:helor-To many bosses there now.- lndianaupolis Jour An Experts Opinion. Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson, the cot ton expert, says in his December edi tion of "Cotton Facts": "Despite the opinions of a few Southern bank cash iers, a class whose occupation usually keeps them in their offices at routine work all day, I am certain that the eon cesus of opinion among cotton factors and planters-the people who ,are best informed on the matter-would be that 4b ents per pound for middling cotton in interior Southern markets would be more than a cent and a half per pound below the average cost of productiwn.' GREAT destitution p evails among small farmers in parts of Califorlis, owing to the dry weather the last two years. They appealed to the G}overnort for aid, but he had no pt b ic funds with which to help, and a fund was started in San Francisco, to whic-h Claus Spreckles contributed a check The latest cure for a rattlesnake bite i coal oil. When bitten uj on the, land, place in a vessel filled with oi , and the poison will come out and noe t the surface of the liquid.