VOL. XIV. MANNING S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCh 22 1899. NO. 38.
R UINING THiE STATE.
School Supplies Detract too
Much from Educaticnal Fund.
SOME ASTONISHING FIGURES
State Superinterdent of Educa
tion McMahan Makes a State
ment in Regard to the
Situation.
When HloA. .J. JT. Mahan entered
the ofice of state surcrintendent of
edlucation, he began tt' investigate
runfrs that the State was being fooded
with maps and charts sold at an ex
tra'agant price. and In large quantities.
There was one chart in particular which
r etesentcd the cost of z37.50, equival
Ct to the ordinary salary of a public
school teacher for a month and a half.
His investigatiou led him to writc the
county boards. urging them to check
the sale of these charts. As the teach
ers' associations of Salada and Kershaw
couuties have recently adopted resolu
tions disapproving of baying these
charts in such grat quantities, Mr. MIc
Mahan was Wednesday approached in
regard to the matter.
In February a cou munication in The
State from Y rkvillc called attention to
the indiscrianate purchase o charts in
York county. and that Mr. McMahan in
endeavoring to cheek the sale "..as af
ter Mr. Mayfield." Mr. McMahan at
the time denied that he was -after Mr.
Mavfield.-- and stated in a card in The
State that he was trying to prevent
further purchases. He has since been
making inquiry and compiling figures
from th2 several counties of the State.
He said in his statement. that from the
reports of the county superintendents
of education of the majority of the
counties of the State, and from incom
plete reports appearing in the last an
nual report of the state superintendent
of education, it appears that between
$57.000 and 58,000 of public money
has been invested in charts, and like ap
paraus, chiefly the mathematical charts
sold by the R. 0. Evans Co , of Chicago.
The chart sells for 37.50. and conse
quently cuts off at least a month's
teaching in the school in which it is
purchased.
To indicate the extravagance of the
principle in some counties. it may be
noted that in Sumter county this item
is reported as about S4,200; in Florence
about-4.000; the proceeds of the th.ee
mill tax in the latter county being be
tween $10,000 and $11,000. In one
district in Florence where there were
four schools, the ,,ounty superintendent
reports that the total school fund ap:
vortioned was *30.GU, and that of this
5376 was spent fer charts, leaving $4.60
to run the school s. In another district
the expenditure is reported as exceeding
the appointment.
_ In Horry county where the three
miii tax rai-es something between
$4,000 and $5.00. theamount spent for
charts according to the item in the state
superintendent's annual report is over
$4,000, and it is currently reported to
uave exceeded $5.000. This is more than
was paid for the employment of teach
ers, and their school would have been
closed but for the dispcosary suppkc
mentary fund. The counties that
bought. spent usually about $2.000 fur
these charts. the expenditure rangmng
from about 51.000 to 53.000. Inl Fair
field no permission to canvass was
granted: likewise in Chester, Superin.
tendent W. D). Knok saying that they
had had expertence <. ihe i'.cr o
turniust loont. :ents -ua a-hd
trustees.
Mr. Mc.\ahan le'a'i: g o the' danm
age' being dlone, exer'e -hneelf to sto
fu'ti'er purchases. Th enuntyi? board
M Xhbeville rerorted tha they were
in session considering the onestno
when they receiv .i his Nt ace of war:.
ing and they refutsl to pemi the
agents to canvass the congcy. And'r
son county hs also au .eon reacee
by the agrents, sa 1't:m:5on was re
fused. In Spart auburg and Greenville
the canvass had begun but the expres
sio - tnc s'te su-:i terC denlt had
ecomel Enw in th1 ca'!JY, and the
agents had become un:ble to sell and
abandoneda the tielo' la Lancaster per
mission was era' ted of ter the warninir.
Mr. Mclahan .statd that he thought
the cost of th c'.ert _was extravagrant.
and that he~ was -u--tamrea m tms opin
ion by a numbler of educators. He bad
had teachers to tell him that the chart
.vould do very w~eli in the hiaude of a
capable teacher but not otherwise. lHe
stated further that in some counties
the agents had received permission to
canvass. Whether or net tims would
render the contracts invalid, he could
not say, and the attorney general has
not yet expressed an opinion. The
charts were sold on contracts to ,be
made payable upon deliver of the goous.
These contracts were, as a rule. neco
tiated and discounted immediately upon
their being accepted.
ElHe was asked if lie censuredu the state
board of education for giving thc agents
permission to canvass the State. He
said that he felt diftdent in regard to
passing judgment uipon those who were
in a measure his superiors in oftice, but
he thought that they had acted unwise
ly in permitting the agents to conme into
the State and market the chart at such
orice. -Hlindsizht is better than
oresight.' and the silate board prob
ably had no idea to what extent th~e
charts would tind sale. Hie then ex
raned the connection of the state
ooard with the matter. When a con
cern ofzthis kiud desires to come into
the State. it must obtain permission
from the state board; then the agents
can enter no county without permnission
from the count:y becard. These grants
of permission arc not necessaruv recoma
mendations nor are they~ am' i on the
school trustee-s. tate.
~The New" Labor Experiment
A cot u fon wa issued Th'ursday
to the e eto mi of Charleston,
the capit al n (e1 of wh'ich isto be $M50.
000. The toniowing are theO corpora
tors: J. H. Mont'mery, of Spartan
burg S. M. in, of wYork:\W.
M. ~Bird. of Ch'arlesto I . 1 Potter.
of Spartanh=r: A. TI. A *?ythe. ot
Charleston. T1his is the oil1 Charles
ton mill which hia- gone through so
many vicissitudes. and the experiment
WORSE THAN ARMENIA.
Words Fail to Convey an Idea of the
Fearful Condition in Cuba.
Willaia W\illard lloward. g:eneral
mamniger of the Cub: n industrial relief
fund of New York. pasc'. through
.Jackscnville Wednetw'ay evening' on his
WaV heIme fron Cuai. He Loes north
to punihase agricltural iimoplenients
a.d'A seeds for the uS of t Le indus'rial
relief s:ation which he has jus e-tab
lished at Guine-. -Cuba, 3r. loward
Sa::
-The condition of Cuba. .o faras my
observations have gone, is really worse
than it was at this time last year when
I made my first investigations. In the
rural districts little has been done to
restore the island to its normal condi
tion. The fields are vacant and the
farmers idle. The people still remain
in the towns and cities, where arm3
rations are issued to them. They can
not return to their abandoned farms be
cause they have nothing to return
with.
Our government has done. and is
doing niothinu to enable farmers to re
sume the cultivation of their lands. All
that it pretends to do is to distribute
rations throuzh local committees of
Cubans. Gov. Gen. Brooke and the
ofiecrs under hin realize keenly the
condition of things.but they cannot give
any assitance except food. Ours is not
a paternal government.
"The condition of the widows and
orphans of Cuba is heart-rending.
There are thousands upon thousands of
these poor creatures seatterea over the
island. TIey have neither homes to
live in. food to eat. nor clothes to cover
them. One cannot think of their fu
ture without a shudder. I am especi
ally concerned for the poor little orphan
girls who form the :treets, scantily
clad. asking for a bit of food with which
to keep their little bodies and souls to
net her. What will become of these
zirls? Their future for good or evil lies
in the people of the United States.
"Among these widows and orphans I
have as lately as last week seen indivi
dual cases of destitution ard physical
emaciation worse than anything that I
saw in Armenia during the two years
that I gave to Armenian relief work.
And to have these wrecks of humanity
stand and look up to the Stars -ad
Stripes waving over their city hall gives
one a queer sensation. The generous
American people surely cannot under
stand the condition of Cuba, or these
poor creatures would be taken care of.
'I do not speak of the sick, the in
firm, or of those who hobble about,
covered with loathsome sores. resulting
from starvation. I cannot speak of
them for the English language in inad
equate 'o the task. They should have
I been cared for in hospitals longmonths
ago. Why it has not been done I can
not understand.
'The condition of Cuba is a re
proach to the American people, and a
blot upon civilization. We are going
to do something to improve that condi
tion and we invite all lovers of human
ity in the United States to help us for
the good name of the American flag.
Our flag should mean something to
those homeless, helpless orphans and
destitute country people. Money for
these orohans or for our industrial re
lief fund work should be sent to the
Continental Trust company, 30) Broad
street. New York city marked "For the
Cuban Industrial Relief Fund.
A Desperate Fight.
The strongly fortified village of Cain
ti, northwest of Pasig. was captured
Thursday after a desperate fight, by the
Twentieth regular infantry. The troops
rst encountered the rebel outposts in
theo dense jungle on the b-anks of the
rver. The enemy was di~slodged after
halIf an hour's fighting.
The Americans advanced in ,1endid
irde under a heavy fire untili was
14' essary to volley the rebels from the
t-nches. The latter had tia nreat ad
vntage and dropped a numbe to fi our
men. The Americans charg.ed1 across
tile rice fields, making four advanes on
tie enemy. who numbere a to husan'a
men. tive hundred of whom were en
trenehed, and in the fice of a cro fire.
Oar troops, howvever. carid nh town
ater four hours' fighting an'd tburnsid
the out skirts. the rebekls irmg from
the windows and keepi:anitu a runnlog
Itire in the streets. Tfhe Americns
then withdrew in order to obtain moure
ammunitton.
oUR CASUALTIES.
The rebel lIss about 100uimen and the
American loss was 'orporal .Johnson of
company C. and Private 31eAvoy of
company L, killed. In addition the
flloing Americans were woanded:
Seret. Cheek. company L; Corp.
Households, company M1: Private Kel
ly. comnpanS- C: Private Kinney. com
any C: Private Tinker, company C;
~rivate G illey, company C - Private
Yaley, company G: Prniva 'Caley,
company F: Private MIahan, company
L: Private Gniffiths, company L;: Pri
vate Lafeyth, company L; Private 31e
Farland. copayL
Almost Starved to Death.
The train that has been snowbound
on the Cheyenne and Northern railroad
for the past three weeks was abondoned
Weednesday. The passengers were ta
ken in wagons from Altus to Horse
Creek station, where they were trans
ferred to a train and brought to Chey
enne. A nuniber of relief trains were
sent to the resue, but they failed to
get through the drifts of snow and ice,
which are 10 to 20 feet deep, and are
now blockaded at different points along
the road. E. P. Richardson, one of the
rescued pasngers, satd of his experi
ence: "I have been around the world
several times. have been in shipwrecks
Iand railroad collisions, but have had
nothing to equal my trip of 154 miles
on the~Cheyenne and Northern. We
sufferd intensely fromi the cold and
oor 'uality of food. being con~pelled
to sleep in 'the coach without anything
to lie on but the hard floor and with no
coer-. Thle small stove only heated
on end~ of4. - the ean. so that at times we
*went- obligd to stay awake to prevent
fezini. When we left the tr-a this
'morning1 'ur suply of tfood wa, comn
pletely exhausted and had we been
obli'ed to remain ,in the now abandan
doredi traiu 24 hours longer we would
.uely have starved to death.i
Explosion on a Cruiser.
The British tirstclass eruiser Terri
ble from M1alta reports that a boiler ex
plosion on board of her MIonday killed
a stke. fatanl injured another man
A NRTHERN VIEW
Of the Working of the South Caro
lina Dispensary.
THINKS IT IS A GOOD LAW.
The Unquestioned Success At
tained Under the Law. Should
Commend it to the Study
of Temperance People.
The March number of the Zion's
Herald, published at Buston, contains
the following report of an investigation
into the operation of the dispensary
law:
We arrived at Columbia. the capital
of South Carolina, about 5 p. i.
Learning that the legislature was in
session in the evening, we looked in on
both houses and listened for a consider
ble time to the proceedings. While
the dispensary law was up for consid
eration, we observed that it was true
as we had been previously informed
that both senators and representatives
were very careful to profess that thec
believed in it and were supporters of
it. This fact indicates the measure of
approval of the act which is now gener
al throughout the state; but more of
this later. The Negro of the South
has been so thoroughly eliminated from
politics and ofice-holding that there is
but one colored man in the house and
none in the senate. As there are cities
in the State. notably Charlestou, where.
if we remember correctly, there are
more Negroes than white people. it will
b* seen that the process of elimination
is very successful. The personnel of
both houses was very creditable, and
the speeches heard were able and perti
nent. The speaker of the house and
the president of the senate were ar
rayed in richly-colored robes-a sustom
we have not seen in any other common
wealth. The State house is a cheerless
and unattractive building, looking more
like a railroad station than anything
else.
Columbia has a population of twenty
five thousand people, but the city as a
whole is disappointing. There are
spacious streets, but they are unpaved,
and the sidewalks, if there be any
worthy the name, even on the main
business streets, are perilous. South
ern cities are very poorly lighted in the
evening. It is difficult to understand
how the Deople, with so fine a location
and a city so well laid out, can be so
indifferent to improvements which, a:. a
slight expense, would add so much to
its beauty and convenience.
But we are here to study the dispen
sary law, and so devote our time to it,
mainly. The next morning, with an
apologetic air (for no one is supposed to
go into the dispensary except to buy
liquor and it cannot be purchased else
where), we asked to be directed to a
dispensary. It was a few doors from
our hotel. We recognized it because
the word "Dispensary" was painted
across the front window; and this is all
the sign or indieation that is allowed.
It is a little after 9 oclock in the morn
ing, and when we enter we find no other
person there except a man behind the
counter. and here we are at last, in a
dispensary! What sort of a place
is it? Certainly not an inviting
place in which to linger. There is not
a picture on the naked wall, nior i
there any chance to sit down, not even
on a three-legged stool. There are no
refreshments of any kind to attract the
driker, such as are advertised by the
salons of our cities. And, as if to
prevent any social relation or conversa
in between buyer and seller, the
manager is shut in behind his high,
broad~ counters, fenced away from all
else contact with his visitors. Noth
inr is to be seen in this store, which is
perhaps thirty feet deep and twenty
feet wide, in addition to what has been
menioned, except bottles on the plain
helves on either side of the ecunters.
W. commence our inquiries, which are
rupetfully answered. The dispensary
-open from sunrise to sunset. neve'r
even~Iings. Any adulk can purchase
iquor, if he is knowr not to be a drunk
ard or' a man whose wife has requ:ested
the manager not to sell liquor to him.
No minor can purchase liquor in a dis
pensary. The dispensary is not olen
Sunda s, h.olidays or evenings. Every
particle of liquor bought in the State
must be purchased at the dispensary
under these and more exacting and in
violable conditions. Every bottle of
liquor is scaled, and the seal must be
broken outside the dispensary, and in
no instance can it be tested or drunk
on the premises. There are four dis
pensaries in this city of 25,000.
We are not arguing this case, but
reporting it. We are anxious, how
ever, that our readers should catch the
full significance of what it means to
thus strangle the liquortrade and crowd
it into such confinement. How would
it seem in good old New England, if
there were no saloons and no entice
ments to drink, no treating, and no op
portunities for going into a place to
purchase liquors and drinking it there?
How would it seem if no boy or-to
our shame be it said-girl could go into
any place in our cities and purchase
wine and other intoxicants? How
would it seem if there were ne selling
of liquor among us in the evening or
niht, when carnivals of hell are carri
cd on in our very sight? With us the
laboring man is enticed into the saloon
in the evening, and wastes there his
substance and himself in riotous living,
only to go to his home, late, drunken.
robbed and ugly. Nothing of this kind
can take place in South Carolina. The
manager of the dispensary is puit under
$:300 bonds, and his bond is good for
two years after lie resigns or is reimovel
from his oficee; and if he violates a sin
gle one of the many conditions under
which he acts, his bondsmen are liable.
In the half hour that wye remained in
that dispensary four people caine in to
buy liquor-three negroes and one white
ma, one of the negroes being a wo
man. A record was made of each sale.
The purchasers each bought a half pint
of whiskey, p~ut it into their pockets or
in some way concealed it, and quickl
slid out of the place as if doing some
thing they did not want seen. To show
the operation of this law: There was a
regiment of solders there a few weeks
before, when it was known that they
would remain a day in Columbia. the
theol ir could niot obtain1 drink.
thy were peaceable and Inoffensive.
Te ne d ay they werc in a neighbor
in, -tatethere licene prevailed. and
thi d k toaty excess. lou ted the
tot'. t into brutal lihts. and one or
111 wer kiled. Th at is the be-t
coIn enr lt we I -r. on the ent of
ii : a a l , two
-tor brc bildi ti -, city. Where
the VIoile li-oii r bne of the State
i2- n . lr all the liOuer" furished,.C~
h dienai t hr-M.'1 ohtw the State
are ti. eheicaly eind bot
tied ami . a lare number
of men anid wonn re kept ibu-y. The
vihsit r i cordially uelome: and his
qustitn are ans.ered. and there is no
atteumpt tO C(n-e:ld any feature or part
of the bne-,s. W e coO f-s that there
vias nothig especially attractive or in
spiring about this place-in beholding
hundreud., of barrels of liquors curing
and takinfi on age. and se, Ing, men and
womijeli fiitiig th uwands of bottles and
sealing and packing them for sale. But
if it must b sold-and it will be--is it
not better for the State to take it in
hand. see that it Is pure. and regulate
the Sale, as South Carolina does? We
re-"ui;Ite the sale of Eunpowder, dyna
I mite. and other things which
prove harmful to the people. Liquor
selliindiriminate or uuder license
whih usually means no restraint, or
the violattd prohibitory law which
breeds the low dive, does a thousand
times more barm than these regulated
articles that the states everywhere
control. 1 there not more sentiment
than sen;e in much of our thinking and
actinL concerninLt liquor business
in New Enlana?
One thinz is certain: The dispensary
law, which was first passed in 18s2, has
j'istifidd itself to the best people of the
State, and, as we said at first, it has
theirsupport; and men are very care
ful, Whatever their criticisms may be
upon some special feature of the law,
to highly commend it as a whole. Sev
eral leading men in the State whom we
questioned, acknowledged, in substance,
that ati. first they did not support it,
but had become convinced, againsttheir
prejudice and opposition, that it is the
best law in the world for the regula
tion of the liquor traffic and the drink
habit.
Three facts are claimed for it that
should be more fully stated:
1. Only pure liquors are provided.
All liquors are chemically assayed by
an expert, and nothing isallowed to be
sold unless it is pure.
2. There is no appeal to the selfish
ness or avarice of those who are employ
ed in the business. The greed of gain,
the desire to receive the largest returns
for money and time and strength put
into the business, is the loadstone
which draws many a saloon-keeper
amon us to the business, and which
tempts him. when once engaged in it,
to make men drunken and to teach
minors and women to drink. But all
this is entirely taken away by the dis
pensary law. Everybody cimployed in
the business receives a salary, which is
in no case based upon the amount of li
quors sold. It makes no difference in
any way to the manager of a dispensary
whether he sells a half pint per day or
several gallons.
:3. The sirnificant fact which has al
ready been'suggested. that with no
open saloon and no enticements. no
evening and no nig~ht sales, and no
sale to minors, the great husiness of
drundkard-making, which is so large
ly the accursed feature of our saloons,
is eliminated. The importance of this
fact need only to be mentioned in order
to be appreciated. Here, it seemis to
us. is the best feature of the law. If
only we had this here in New England,
what unspeakable bor~ror and anguish
we should be spared!
The dispenary law seems to have
conquered foes, which have been
legion. 3Ien who hove drink, and oth
ers who want to get rich carrying on
the business. have fought it wi' h wicked
despratiotn M1en whom did not and do
not like Senator Tillman, who made
and press--d this las through and saw
that it was excuted. are now forced ti
confess. and do confees. that the law is
an unparalleled success. Judges of
the United States courts have stretched
t hir vi -ws of the la and been preju
died in the ex.munination of facts in
order to break down the execution of
the same: hut all this opposition is con
guerehd. 'The L'nited States supreme
court has finally given a decision to tile
effect that the police regulation of liquor
business which South Carolina exer
ises in executing its liquor basiness is
allow able in that or any state. Here
is the decisioin.
--Tie police power includes all meis
ures for the protection of the life, the
heath, the piepierty and tile welfare of
the inhabitatnts. and for the promotion
of good order andi the publie morals. It
covers the suppression of' nuisances.
whether ijurious to public health, like
unwholesome trades. or to the public
morals, like uambling houses and lot
tery tickets. 'The police power extends
to things not only intrinsically danger
ous to'the public health, such as in
feted rags or diseased meat, but to
thinas which, when used in a lawful
manner, are subjects of property and of
commerce, and yet may be used so as to
be injucious or dangerous to the life,
the health or tile morals of the people.
Gunpowder. for instance, is a subject
of commeree. and of lawful use, yet,
because of its explosive and dangerous
qualities, all admit that :he state may
regalate its keeping and sale. And
thr-e is no artilc the right of the
state to control or to) prohibit the sale
or manufacture of which within its him
it is better- established than intoxicat
in liquor- .
Ila order~ to answer- tihe many tues
tions wthit-h may ,have arisen in the
mnd of our rceers. we give in their
ore eve~n at the expense of replitition,
the leading features of the law:
T he law establishes a state board.
which has entire control of thec liquor
traic. -aid board havi ng power to draw
on the state treasulry for al su n re
uiredin carrying on the buines-. and
al lilulneys received1 from ale-s are~ turn
ed into thec state treasur.
\Allt liial s are saiaried men. and
hi-e no0interest in the sales. They
mut ailso be ku01,nn as tenperte imen.
A pti in signed byv a miajo'rity of the
voters of any tv no tarsLi'p is re
juiredi to get a loc-al dispensary.- It
mut be plainly fitted up, Opeut during
he day~ timle, closed on Suinday , holi
Idas and election days. No li uoi can
sohd less than one-half pint of stronp
liquors, -ach package to be sealed awl
a certifi ate of purity attached. In ca -i
ease the buyer must make out an ap
plication, giving name, etc. Not liss
than a bottle of beer is sold.
No liquor is sold to uimnors. intoxi
cateid prsons, known drunkards, or to
one whose family has entered a protest
azainst selling to him.
All the prfiAts from1 the 'ale of -
iionabout :48),0( per year-goes
to the several counties of the state f or
1 public school purposes, and c' egend
ed without discrininat ion.
There arc 10 dispensaries in the stau
whres, under leene, there wer e
than a thousand legal place for the
sale of liquor.
Public sentiment heartily suprs
I the execution of' the law, and the sui
wary effort to abolish the low dive
called in South Carolina the "blijd ti
ger.
The unquestioned successattainedun
der the law should commend it to the
sLudy of temperance people of all
shades of opinion. A request address
ed to Hon S. W. Vance. state comnis
sioner, South Carolina dispensary. Co
lurtibia. S. C.. for a copy of the law
and other data necessary to understand
its operation, will secure favorable and
prompt reply.
LUETGERT THE SECOND.
Becker Confeses He Cut His Wife Up
and Burned the Pieces.
A di.patel from Chica2osays August
A. Becker, the sausage maker who has
been under arrest for weeks on the
charge of murdering his wife, made a
fall confession Wednesday. He said that
he cut his wife to pieces and buurned
the remains in a stove. Becker. when
first arrested, admitted killing his wife,
but declared he pushed her )ff Randolph
street viaduct into the lake and that
she was drowned. The police have
never placed any :eliance in the drown
ing idea and have kept up the work on
the theory that Becker had killed the
woman in his house and made way with
the body. The finding of a portion of
a human lung three days ago in Beck
er's barn put strength in their theory
and late Wedneday they induced Becker
to confess. In his confession. Bccker
said he had killed his wife by striking
her on the head with a hatchet in the
kitchen of his home. He then cut the
body to pieces and boiled it in a large
kettle. Becker says he took what re
mained and burned it in a red hot
stove. The bones which were not
burnned he buried on the prairie near
his home. January 27 was the date
Becker says he committed the murder.
He asserted the crime was not premedi
tated, but that he quarreled with his
wife on the afternoon of that day, and.
in the heat of passion, he struck her on
the head with the hatchet. The piece
of lung and a portion of cali.o which
1 wcre fbund under the barn, and which
the police believed to be strong evidence
against Becker, he says, coul. not be
any part of the body of his wife, as he
is certain that he destroyed every par
ticle of flesh, and he maintains the
dress which she wore was entirely
burned. The police will look for the
woman's bones tomotrow. They refuse
to tell at present the location of the
spot where Becker says they are buried.
Eaten by Cannibals.
The Sun's Tacomo advices say that
Y okohama papers just arrived contain
details of the murder of M. G. Blanch
ard, formerly of Cincinnati, by blood
thirsty Manchoorian Chinese Several
years ago Blanehard joined a British
ship at New York. but deserted her
last year at Callao. Then he drifted
up the coast and finally sailed from
Tacoma to Yokohama. hrm there he
got to Vladivostock, and then proceed
ed to the interior. He was captured
by one of the bands of Manchoorians
that rave througth north China and
taken to the mountains. There was
three feet of snow on the ground. Tne
unfortunate American was tied hand
and foot and after being stripped was
laid on the snow by a fire ao that his head
and shoulders were nearly rOdted, while
the rest of his bidy was feezing. In
the morning he was flayed with bamboo
canes until lie was dead. and he was
then eaten by the canii >als.
A Georgia Lynching.
Twenty men, armed and maaked,
rode into Palmetto, Ga., on Thursday
morning and put to death four Negroes,
fatally wounded one. and broke the
arm of a seventh man. T wo others who
were of the crowd upon which the bul
lets were showered miraculously es
caped. These unfortunates were un
der guard .of three men awaiting the
hour of 9 o'clock. when they were to
have a hearing before a justice of the
peace on the charge of arson. Wmn. Cot
ton, the leader of the nine men. con
fessed sonme time ago that a con spir'acyI
has been enterted into which resulted in
two incendiary fires in February, and
on this evidence the men were to have
been tried. Gov. Chandler, of Georgia,
denounces the lynching and has offered
a big reward for the arrest of the lynch
ers.
Japan May Adopt Christianity.
There may be no foundation for the
report that the mikado has already de
cided to make Christianity the estab
lished religion of his empire, giving it
the place which Buddhism occupied un
der the Shogunate, and which the tra
ditional Shintoism now. nminally.
holds. There is no doubt. however,
that the expediency of placing .Japan
among the Christian powers has been
for some time the subject of earnest
discussion in the native press, and that
it has been seriously considered by em
inent public men.
A Tornado Strikes a Town.
A fierce tornado passed over the towni
Iof Avendale, Ala., and twenty re-iI
deces, three churches and two ma
c~ne shops were destroyed. Many
persons were injured, one perhaps fa
tally. The Southern railroad was com
peled to abandon all its trains west of
Birmingham and the Louiasville & Nash
ilyle trains are ten hours late. Theey
lone was attended by heavy rain an
lihtning. It secems a miracle that
nore fatalities did not occur.
An Awful Mistake.
A~ -'ecial from Oraung-. Tex.. says:
Mrs. Henry G;rubbs, on her way to sit
up with a sick person, was mistaken for
a footpad by Will Fourch and shot and
kiled. lie surrendered and was
brouht to Houston for safekeeping.
A STREET FIGHT.
In Which Several Men Are Killed
and VonadedI.
A .,hootin: iecurred at IHoi ri::gs,
Ark.. Thursda evenim whih resulted
in the death of fiiVe men aId the wund
in of one e. The kii!e ere:
ThmsToler. chie.f tf", lo
J1. E. Hart, citydtct-:
1 . I J
jn Wilins. son' of She-riff Wil
liam.
Louii I nk dir of a brewery
W2 .!o)n.
E I 'ers wan -het in the neek and
miay die.
The shoot'in gre iout of the mayor
alv eI Li' unIdr -W' h are. Sheriff
W ill i was a wemr supp >rter of the
re ul- r Democratie nouiuec, while
T 'er. art 'U -a(d tse re supp)rt
ilg an ppiOn candiis:e.
Eirly in tihe afterrnuoroshots were ex
chanred betWeen Sie-iff Williams and
his son JoLhn on the one sile and Sar
Teant G .ee on the othir. but no one
wal ijur -d. After this both parties
determined to have it our. Toler Hart
and Gfoslee were walkinz south on Cen
tral avenue at about half past 5 o'clock
when they m- Sheriff Williams and his
two sons. Joka and Coffev and Ed
Spe:rs. No one eau tell who fired the
first h-0t. hn: in a moment there was a
general fasilhtde, in which 40 or 50
shots were excbanzed. When it was
over. Tuler. Hart. Goslee and Henkel.
a n'neombatant. were dead. and John
Williams was niortally wounded. He
died an hoar later. Louis Henkel at
teimpted to separate the combatants
when the fight opened. le was shot
in the head and died in-tantly.
The mayor. immediately after the
shooting, appointed Judze L. D. Beld
ing chiei of police. Deputies were
sworn in at once and all saloons were
ordered cloied. There is little factional
feelina outside of thos.- engaged in the
shootin. Order was easily restored
and the ceity is now quiet. The sheriff
and his son Coffey are under arrest and
no further trouble is anticipated.
Sheriff Williams was not pressent
when the battle occurred, but soon ap
peared, and on learning of the death of
his son became frantic with rage.
About 20 minutes after the main bat
tle another affray occurred nearby in
which four or five shots were fired. In
this fusillade Detective Jim Hart went
down with the whole top of his skull
blown off. All of the dead men leave
large-families.
DEATH TRAP TO MANY.
A Large Number of People Burnt to
Death in a Hotel.
Fiamec which originated from the
igniting of a lace curtain burst from
the second floor of the Windsor hotel
at Forty-seventh street and Fifth ave
nue. New York, shortly after 3 o'clock
riday aftprnoon, and in a few minutes
they had leaped up to the roof and en
eloped the entire Fifth avenue and
Forty-seventh street fronts of the hotel.
Ten minutes later the flames were roar
ing through the interior of the hotel.
and all means of escape by way (f stair
ways and elevators were cut off and
there was the wildest scene of excite
ment within and without the building.
Hundreds of guests and employees were
in the hotel when the lire broko out,
and for many of them escape with safe
ty was impossible.
Probably fifteen lives were lost within
a half hour. and 30 or 40 other persons
were injured in jumping from windows
and in rushing through the flames in
the corridors and on the s:airwvays.
Many who were in jured died later at
nerby residences or at hospitals, and
others who made wild ieieps to the stine
sidewalks were so badLy iinjared that
they are still hoverinr between life and
death. It may be 24 hours or more be
fore the com plete hist of fatalities be
comes known, and it rey be longer
thrun that bef.,ce it can be ascertied
deiniely M' w many charre-d bodies are
in the mass of fallen masonry that
maks the spot where th- hcwel stood.
The Timroi MIemorial
It is hoped that the plan of issuing
a memorial edition of Tinrod's poems
will meet with great success. Hie was
one ot the south's greatest goets. His
war lyrics have stirred southern hearts
with a fervor unequalled since "Chevy
Chase." His unpreteatious monument
in Columubra-hardly larrgr than an ear
of eorn-is a mocke'~r . Timrod should
have a mornment worthe ol his name
and fame. It shouild be~ a pleasuire and
a privilege for all S outh Carolinians,
ad, indeed, for all southerners in
whatever sta'te they may -make their
home. to contribute to this memorial
fund. Oar neighbors aeross the river,
espeialy the newspaper brethren. are
doing all in their power to) make, tihe
monument a rrreat success. and we nope
that their wishes may be gratified. -
Aurusta Herald.'
Army Enlistments.
The following additional recruritinc
stations have been established for tire
purpose of endisting men to fill tire
reuar army up to the maximuum of 6..
UUU) allowed by thie new arm:y law:
Charleston, S. C. : Knoxville. Trenn;
Memphis. 'Tenn.; Norfolk. Va.: Savan
nah. Ga. Io addlition to thee statio ns
the war departnment will h'ave oilicers at
every place where tolunteers re mus11
tered ot. Anm order Ihas b-en ue
bx tihe war *eiupruunent uicraing thre
ae lim iit for enlrisment f romn th irty to
tirty-five years. The youngest age at
which a mcm an ue ennli iti i- 1years.
"he results so far for the e-nlistmnt -of
trops is very enecoura'!ing'.
A Poor Outlook.
.\ i-ditr'rl edioir wxho wx ai . dCleUrat
to nhe last Rbeiublicanm nauit'iial conven
ion fromnn onre of the suthrern states ant
nounics that he has finally sueceeded
in securing .r suprply -of gardien seeds to
distribute t-> hi friends. At tire pres
t time the i'ndications are that tire
southern del":ate busines next year
wil not even pay cadeweedi divi
n-i - Washingtoni Post.
Built His Own Gallow s.
Robert Lewis was hanged at A:lantar at
non Tluesdayv for the imurder 'if Ciharles
IIyne'. on thre gall.ows built by Lewis
two years aico when employe. i. as a w?k
mar. Chnarles Hlaynes was tire foreman
of a buildirng here at~d dischaed Lew
is. The latter met Hlaynes in Dcm
erila and shot him to death.
OUR ELEPHANT.
What to Do With the Philippines is
the Question.
Wiat to do with the Philippinzs is
question which presses upon us with in
creasing force and incereasing uncertain
ty as time passes. It is taken for
grante that we shall finally subdue the
natives who are making a desperate
struggle . for independence, though
opinions differ as to whether that re
sult will be accomplished in one or five
years. But sooner or later we shall
have the Philippines fully on our hands
and the disposition of them will be
forcerd upon u; as a practical question.
Professor Clay MacCa uley, of Tokio.
JTapin, visited the Philippine; in Janu
ary to study the problem for himself.
The conclusions he reached have been
stated on his return to Tokio with a
fraukAess and a freedom from partizan
asperity which commend them to re
spectful consideration. He went to
Manila strongly predisposed in favor of
anzexation; he came away convinced
that annexation would be a most unfor
tunate thing both for this country and
the Filipinos. A majority of the Am
ericans in Manila, he says, are opposed
to annexation in any form. Professor
MacCauley does not discuss constitu
tional objections, but considers the
question as a practical problem.
The annexation of the islands by
force he thinks would entail freque-nt
and almost incessant revolts. requiring
us to spend far more money to hold
them than they could possibly be worth
to us. To buy the Filipino insurgents
off would secure a compromising gain
of doubtful value. Aaother possibility
is the transfer of the islands to the Phil
ippine republic, the United States re
taining Manila Bay and the forts.
This plan, however, would expose
the Philippines to the greed of the
world's powers and "would be neither
honorable nor wise" in the opinion of
Professor MacCauley. The third so
lution and the one he favors is to recog
nize the autonomy of the Philippines
under an American protectorate.
This would insure the independence
of the republic in the administration of
its internal affairs, our government tak
ing charge of the supreme judiciary and
the foreign relations of the republic.
Professor MacCauley believes that
only in this way can be secured peace
and prosperity both for the United States
and the Philippines.
He says: "As for the subjugation of
the islands, it is folly to talk of a war
of conquest for the reason that the
climate, so good physicians tell me,
would place 60 soldiers out of a hun
dred hors de combat in 60 days." The
intolerable hot season begins the latter
part of March and lasts until August.
Moreover," adds Professor MacCauley
"the Filipinos would have hundreds of
miles of country to fight over, and their
tactics would be a guerilla warfare.
Every bamboo thicket and jungle would
be a shelter for their rifles and the loss
of life and expense of such a war would
be terrible. Professor MIacCauley has
put the difficulties of the Philippine
situation in a very impressive manner,
bat he has probably not exaggerated
them in the least.
A BILL AGAINST TILLMAN.
The Neal Investigation Shows Him a
Debtor to the Penitentiary.
The penitentiary investigation comn
mittee 3Monday of last week devoted
practically its whole time to an inquir)
relative to the brick which came into
the possession of the penitentiary.
Under a concurrent resolution thirty
convicts were allowed the asylum to
make brick for the new building. The
asy lum made a contract with the peni
tentiar y to secure a certain number of
brick in lieu of the conviet's. The pen
itentiary then mode a contract with T
J. Lipscomb by which the asylu:n was
to get its brick and then the remairnde
wesre to be divided between Lipsenmn
and the penitentiary. Lipscamb sup
plied half' the wood, machinery, cla)
and turuers and the penitentiary th,
labor. In one of the settlements the
penitentiary is charged with 1,200u
briek sent to Senator B. R. Tillman at
Trenton, S. C. These brick were ship
ped July 3rd 1895 and have never ye'
been paid for. Lipscomb certified that
Neal told him to charge the brick
aainst the penitentiary share after
having sent Tillmnan a& bill and having
received no reply. Neal testified that
Tiliman owed the penitentiary for the
brick and they would no doubt be paid
for by him. -He said that the Tillman
account should appear as an asset of the
penitentiary, and the only reason he
could assign was the fault of thibook
keeper, and the bookkeeper swore that
Col. Neal told him to leave Senator
Tiliman's account open until he saw
him and not to transfer it to the peni
tentiary account. The bill was fot $72.
The committee took recess until MIay
Cotton a By-Product.
It is estimated. says the Savannah
M1orning News, that during the past
yar over 4,OtJ0,000 tons of cotton
seeds were crushed, and that from
them products valued ent more than
$12).000,0J00 were marketed. Only a
fwand ago the seed of the cotton
plnt wspractically a waste produet,
adoften a source of annoyance, if
not of acutal expense. to the planter.
The itrowth of the cotton oil industry
has been hardly short of miarvelous.
Last year there were shipped nearly
4iI.0.00 gallons of the oil to Europe.
a large imcreas~e ovei nil prviu years.
and it is confidentlyv expected that thet
exports of oil for the present year will
be very much greater. And while the
feld for the. oil is bein extended new
usecs for it areO bein' constantly toundi.
The market, theref e is far from be
ing fully developed. In view of these
facts. it is not beyonid the range of pos
sibilities tha.t in thec course of time
and it may. not be such a long time,
ither--the lint of the cotton plant
wil bec~.ome the by-product and the
ed th hici staple.
Four Hundred Drowned
The - r.: steamerCi which has j ust
ret urnled t Bribaine fro-m Cooktown ojn
lndeavr rieer. Queenstand colony, re-I
parts that three schooners and eighty
loswere lost and that four hundred
coored persons and eleven whites were
drowned during the recent hurricane
that swept the noitheamst coast of
nueensand1
MORE IGHTNG.
Wheaton's Column Sweeping
Everything Before Them.
ENEMY SUFFER SEVERELY.
Rebel Avenue of Communication
Now Ciosed, American Cor
don Now Stretching
Over a Mile.
A dispatch from Manila Wednesday
avs at seven o'clock. hearing the in
surgents' bugles sounding, Scott's bat
tery dropped three Shrapnel shell into
the woolS on the left of the Pasig
church. No reply was made, and at
7:45 o'clock the Twenty-second regular
infantry advanced until they encount
ered a number of volleys. This fire
was returned with interest. The line
then wheeled toward Pateros, in the
following o-der: The Oregon volun
teers, the Twentieth regulars, the
Washington volunteers, a cavalry de
tachment, the Twenty-second regulars
and reserve artillery. Troops followed
the roads; while the gunboats Ceste
and Laguna de Bay assisted in sup
pressing the fire on the left flank.
Three rebel canoes were captured on
the river.
TE ENEMY ROUTED.
Brig. Gen. Wheaton's column ad
vanced beyond Pasi- to the shore of La
guna de Bay, sweeping everything be
fore them. The enemy made a run
ming fight and suffered severe loss. The
rebel's avenue of communication north
and south is now closed, the American
cordon stretching- over a mile from the
river to the lake. The rebels are in
force at Pateros and Taguig. Two of
yestefday's wounded, Private Stewart,
of Company B, Twentieth infantry, and
Private Munson, of Company K, Twen
ty second regiment, are dead.
T HE ENEMY IN FORCE.
Late Tuesday General Wheaton's
column encountered the enemy in such
force between Pateros and Taguig, as
to necessitate a change in the original
plans. The cavalry attacked the rebel
stronghold in the jungle, -driving the
enemy into Pateros. The Americans
had one man killed and three wounded.
Scott's battery shelled the city and
woods effectively. Later the enemy
crossed the river from Pasig. Two
companies of the Second Oregon in
fantry cleared the right bank after a
sharp engagement and then retired with
three wounded. In the meantime the
Washington volunteers closed in driv
ing small bodies of the rebels bsek
upon Pateros. One man was killed.
During the night the enemy burned the
town of Pasig.
WHAT GEN. OTIS SAYS.:
Adjutaut General, Washington.
Until yesterday field operations here
since capturing Caloocan of minor na
ture consisting of driving back small
bands of insurgents, with considerable
loss to latter. Yesterday General
Wheaton, with the Twentieth, 2nd in
fantry, the Oregon and Washington
troops, section Sixth artillery and
squadron Fourth cavalry, attacked the
regular force of enemy and drove them
back and took line of Pasig river, which
he now holds. Two improvised gun
boats in Lake have been captured, con
siderable p-:operty. insurgents loss
heavy; our, one killed and wounded
slight, aggregating thirty-five, mostly
lightly wounded. Insurgents made no
determined stand. Otis.
A ToWS BL-RNED.
Wheaton's divisional brigade contin
ues the work of clearing out the rebels
around Pasig. T he Washington volan
teers ha'.e captured and bun~t
.neetiaor -.itb a sharp fire from the ene
ny While crossing the river. Tuerday's
ii;ting wvas like that of the rset week,
ac insur ents occasionally making a
tand but eventually fiseing. Tneir
oss is suppmed to have been small, as
he-~ A-inas were unable to see the
ne.y in thle thickets. True progress
,t the Americans' advance is slow.
A~ GRAND TICTOEY.
Gen. loyd W\heaton, commanding
the United States fiying column, at
tacked and defeated a force of 2,000
Filippinos at Pasig WXednesday after
noon, innlieting a heavy loss upon them.
['he American los was slight. The
Americans c ared 350 Filipinos.
Mlany bodies of rebels killed in the
engagement arc floating dowu the river.
About 350) Filipinos surrendered at the
town of Taguig to the Washington regi
ment and 175 Filipinos were captured
at Pasig by th.e Twentieth regiment.
Our troops found 106 dead Filipinos
and 100) new graves near Pasig. The
prisoners were unarmed, and, therefore,
it is presumed1 they executed their
threat of throwing their arms into the
river. Gen. OXii says this is the great
est victory since February 5. The
Americans will now pass toward Aguin
ado's headouarters.
Soms Hard Facts.
(hr troops at Manila have taken two
or three suburbau towns after hard
fghting but with little loss. It is
eau to take subuirban towns from guer
rilla toes. It is even easy to take dis
tant towns by marching strong bodies
of our excellent soldiers to them. But
that it is not sucessful occupation.
Pleace to remembner that the Spaniards
held every town~ in Cuba for three years,
but lost~' 10,Jd') me and 4everal hun
dred ilioni'~ d 'lai holding them
to what good?
Peniltentiary Appointments.
CapL G ridi~h the ,new Saperinten
dent of th: State Penitentiary has an
nunced the following appointments:
Physician. Dr. L. K. Sturkie, of Or
Ir. W. D). Black, of Barnwellcoun
ty, is to be eartain of the guards. i-.
Serreant WS. W. Adams is to be re
tai ned.
Rev J. (. Abney, of Columbia. has
been approinted. chaplain.
The Second Regiment2
F'ro:n order iudby the war de
partment it appe ars Ii :ely that the Se
cnd ltcriment will be miusteredi out at
sava!1uan. Thne regime-nt with other
Southern tr.,ops has been ordered to
that city and' it is expecd that they
will reach there within a few weeks
he governmwent intends to get all the
volunteers back from Cuba by May 1, at
which time quarantine regulations usii