The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 16, 1901, Image 4
SOME GOOD ADVICE
Given the Negroes by a Co'ored
Man
ON EMANCIPATION DAY
He App3al to His R ic3 to Fit
Themselves for Citiz irship.
Opposes Reduction in the
South's Representation.
Emancipation Day was cclbrated in
great style in Beaufort. The grand
marshal of the day was Joscph Dais.
There was a street j gradc of colercd
veterans of the late war, eclored militia
and business men and citfz~rs. The
exercises were held at the sch'ol house.
The emancipation p 'elamation wa
read by Edivard Mayors. R.v. P. P.
Watson was master of ceremonies.
Robert Smalls delivcred a short address
reviewing the first emancipation cele
bration which was held at B aufort in
1863. Gen. Rufus Saxon wired con
gratulations. as he wax pre sent in Beau
fort at the '63 celebration, which were
read by RWv. Watson; after which he
introduced the orator of the day, Presi
dent Thomas E. Miller, who spoke in
part as follows:
Mr. Chairaan, veterans and feh
citizens: I am here at my old hcmnc,
having been honored by your commit
tee with an invitation to deliver the ad
dress on this the thirty seven-h anni
versary of cur emancipation.
It is not in my po wer to express here
or elsewhere the hearteelt gratitude that
1 owe you and how deeply I appreciate
this call to be with you en this day-a
day that means so much to us negro s
It is indeed cur passover, for upon it
the pronunciamento that mtdeus men
and citizens and that severed the chains
that bound us in fetters that were gall.
ing iodeed went into effect.
Every nation weak cr strorg has had
its passover day; and the more loyal
they are to their ecuntry. the rze-.re ;a
triotic they are to their birthiar d, the
more faithful they have beyn in cowu
memorating the ar of their deliverarce.
And this msgtifcent di-play of citizens
and soldiery and es: ecially that solid
phalanx over there of battle scarred
veterans who fought that this day
might not be robbed of its hallowed
blessings, remind me of the full meas
ure of loyalty, patriotism and self-sacri
Icing devotion to principles that are
the embodiment of the American Ne
gro.
While in the state senate, one of "e
greatest compliments that was ever
paid to the head, hand and heart of
the American negro fell from the lips
cf that splendid Confederate chieftain,
Gen. Mart Gary. Said he: "The ne
gr'o is ignorant, but he is loyal to a
cause, he is faithful to a trust, and
there is no body of men found anywhere
who will follow a lersdcr with more
confidence, love and fidelity than the
negro" "Give himn les dership," said
Gen. Gary, "and be becomes blirda to
everything other than to the call of
duty."
Yes, Mr. Chairman, our people have
never betrayed a trust, whether at
home, in the fields, in the work shops
or on the battle f1:1. Eistory re
cords him as never a carping hypo
crite with foul treason in heart.
Standing here amidst the v:ry first
moments of a aew century, having been
permitted to live durit g the last
half of the ccntury that he, j'tst passed
away, I am able to recall many events
-ome of which are recor ded history
And as I stand here and draw acide the
curtain, and peep down, away down the
vista of time, 1 see the events, as if
with magic, passing before my vision
all tho way down. d~vn the vista, por
tions which are obscured on account of
hoary age.
Can 1, must Istop for a momer t and
point out a few of the things we sufi -red
previous to :his, the birtbo ay of our de
liverance? No, oh, no. Moat o'f them
are engraved upon our hearts as ii
burnt in by hot steel. Nevertheless
this is not the rime for me to indu ge
in the temptatica to re all them.
There is another ta-k-a self in
flicted task assigned me, and it is to
deal brit fly wita present cnditions,
and from them take a retkonicg so as
to present to y ou a b:rd~eye view of
the blesaings tha; arc to be ours in the
future-bessings that must co-me if we
can only continue to bear andi forbear;
bl'ssings that we will enj'y if we wl
only labor, prepare ourselve,, and wait
for their coming.
Hence, I hace Jhosen for my subje ct
"At sps non fract\." franlated iit
erally my subject is, 'everthiess hope
is not broken."
At present our situition is not wha'
we would like to have it. To one who
sees an obj -et. supcrficially the iu lo
is gloomy, but af ter all the sun is s'i.
shining, and the fog, the mist, must
and will disappear.
But, fellow citizers, we must lint
uD our hands and execute, for no peo
ple has ever prospered by waiting -
supinely waiting-ror outside assistance
or for outside iaterference.
Where ace we? Where are the ten
millions of neeroes loeate6? We are
principally in the slave holding states,
and there we m'ust aud will reai-o un
less we fly frcm uoder the A actian
flag to a laod over w hich the Ariaan
eagle spreads not its s~irgs in majesty
and power.
The north does not want us. Why,
even the great state of Illinois, which
furnished car emancipator, through its
present governor, TFanner, tells us we
must not come. HI.vo you forgotten
that not two years ago be forbide negro
laborers entering into the state of. Illi
nois to labor in the miines? He called
us aliens and said that if, we persisted
in coming there to work-not to vote
to labor in the mints, the lowest of
labor, to earn bread by the sweat of cur
brow; if we persisted in comirog there
to labor and to work he would meet us
at the border with Galling guns and
shoot us to death.
Yes, friends, he was so rcpor:ed in
the daily papers, and I have on ver scea
it contradicted. Nevertheltss ho is one
of our Republicant governors.
In every Repumean convent'on, upr
to the time Garfield was nominated,
something was said in the platform
favorable to the negro. But since then
our great natiornal Republican conven
tions have not had mnn in uhem who
were loyal enough to us to place in the
p latform one word of hipe and cheer
for the negroes who hiad been faithful
to them at all timos atnon all cceca-ions.
The nation has just succeeded in
electirg a republican presieent, W~m
Mc10ntey, a-:d he has written a loug
message to congress. 1 know a nertj
preacher who grows frautie every time
he sees the word negro priut'd with a
little "n!"; but on the r.ish: alter
President MoMinley's recent mena::e
claim-" would have been thankful t
nresni lcKinley if he had able to
renmember the negro with a little "n."
The truth is fellow citiz ns, he did
not remember to write us with any kiad
of an "n" in his message.
The truth is, the national republican
party, threugh its offiHers, have served
notice on u that they have grown tired
serving ui, a-d that they do not intend
to interfere with or aesist us.
When Presiae'nt MicKinley made his
southern tcur he paid in Gera that
every Confhdcrate grave was a m ;nu
ment to ".Am ri an patriotism1.
Fellow eitizens, let me q'ote Presi
dent MlcKinley again: "Every Con
federate r'v is a monument to Ameri
can ra riotism." Do you doubt it? It
you are republicans, which I know you
are, you do not dare doubt it, for our
rei ub::can pre-ident, wh~o is the official
mouth-piece of the republican party,
slid so, and the party at the last elec
tion edorsed it by re electing him;
hen c', it is true.
It is useless to live if you intend to
live in biindnesss. Every utterance of
imper:ance falling from the lips of
nothern republicans, with very few ex
ceptions, tends to show that the repub
lican party is getting in doubt on the
subj, ct of who was right or who was
wrong during the last war. What is a
patriot? What is patriotism? Can the
graves of men who wer guilty of doing
wrong be monuments to patrioti-m?
No, fellow citizens, we must acaept
Wim. McKinley as authority on th.s
subject.
One of the sore subjects with us
negrees, particularly the negroes of
iseaufort county, is the matter of our
partial and temporary distranchisement;
and we blame the white people of Soutb
Carolina for it. In part they are to
blame, but only in very small part.
'hey have aceomvlished this act with,
through, and by the permission of the
national republicans of the north. If
the north did not want it so, the hand
I ful of w:iite people in the south could
not make it so.
A republican supreme court, by re
fusing to interfere and assist us have
:aid that they were right in this act.
The rerublican congress. by refusir.g to
seat rerublican congressmen from South
Caro:ia, have further emphas:z.d the
fact that the white people of South
Carolina in this act have been right.
The truth is but the truth, and I am
here to tell you the whole truth, and it
is this; the national republican party
has deserted us, has abandoned u-;
and with a very few exceptions, they
show by their failing to act, and aften
by their utterances, that they need the
forgivenness of the south for ever hav
ing assisted us.
We have a few friends left, but they
are in a woeful minority. Chandler,
Mason, Allison, Tom Reed, and Ben
Harrison are still with us, but where
are their backing? When it comes to
the negro they stand almost alone!
From time immemorial (as measured
by the life of the American repuolie)
the negro has been the bone of conten
tion. In the early part of the century
the fact of his being in the south, and
thereby was counted by the south in its
claim to and possession of political
reptesentation in the national council
was a cause of a long and bitter strife
between the north andI south.
The southern masters said that
though he was a black slave, he was
human, and for that reason insisted
that he should be counted in the an
prtionment of political representauani
among the states; and they did succeed
in naving counted him in part. On the
other hand the north said thai although
he was human being be was only a
chattel, hence in the political appor
tionment he should not be eoonted at
al; and that only free white men should
be counted.
This subj-et of political representa
tion fur the nigro agitated the nation
from its earlitest b-rth, and was the
chief and dir~ et cause of the firing of the
first shot at Fort Sumter, and the sur
render of that n b e chieftain at Appo
iatox. It was the chief cause of the
emancipation proclamation that wa
read here today; avd ioday, thirty-seen
years after our emancipation, it is the
bone of contention.
The question that concerns us more
than any other one question is the fift>
coreemen who are accredited to the
south on acaust of the p esence of
ten million ue-grot~s in the siuth.
N arny cv ry negro pli eran, nearly
v. ry negro preacher, raeatly evt ry
thinking, well meaning nek'ro through
out this glorious southiana &' ours, sa
thit the sout-n should lore those fifny
congressmen becau-,e of our partial and
temorary diisfranchis. ment.
"A prophet is not without honor save
in his own country;" and why so? Be
eause he is a seer-one wnlo uavr ils the
future, and s.hows to his fellow country
meu tthiugs that are for their be~t good.
but selcom in accord with their thoughts
or wi-hes Fe.low ciuxzens, that i my
position before you tocay. I have
iiird e this subj ct, and as 1 see
it, u myowngood, my country'sgo Ju.
ad especially the good of my race. I
feel that i amn not in accord with the
thoughts of that race, but, 0h, country
men, negroes, have patience, give me
your symnpatny and bear me; for the
cause of negroes unborn.
I am unalterably opposed to the cut
ting down of the south's representation
that is given her on account of the ten
milion negroes within her confines. I
am opposedi to it, first, because I am a
ne-ro; second, because I am a southern
negro; third, because it is my expecta
tion to live and die here, and my solemn
wish is that all who are connected with
me, as neg~roes, should remain in this
southland-Lhe best plane in the world
for negroes.
Remain here and bear the oppression;
remain here with a heart full of love for
the oppressor; remain here doing the
right; remain here making and saving
money; remain here with a purpose to
better your condition regardless of the
surroundtngs; remain here clidiging to
the land becau:e it is our birthright;
remain here nesting upon the promise
of God, praying to God for a better
da, asking God to open the eyes of
our white citizens that they may see
that it is to their interest to assist us in
all our undertakings; to unite with us
in a purpose to make this southland
the home of free men. Remain here
until tne day comes when, with the as
sitance of the white people, the law of
the land will drive out violence; remain
here uatdl, through and by the white
people, the law iwill be sufficiently ad
miristered that the humblest black or
white citizen will, at any and all times,
be protected in his lhfe, liberty and
prosperity; remain here in the south
land, that by our presence, and on ac
count of our greait numbers, great polit
ical power will cone to and remain
with the south.
Yes, General M'cCrady says we came
here from Barbadoes, one year after
the white maa, with the gun in one
had protecting the life and property
of our masters, and with ax, pick and
ho in the other. reclaiming and clear
ir g the swamps and forests to make
this fine habtation and abode for free.
"At spes non fracta"-nevertheles
hope is not broken, and let us r~sL up
on the anchor of hope, f ,, the day
when every right guarantcti to ew ;z -n
ship by the consitu-n wil. be riven
to us by and through the waite uan of
the south.
God can niove ncu taia. We are
not any worse stil eted in our citizen
ship aad rights than have been other
nations.
i have stated that I am opposed to
th - cutting down of the representation
of the south. Why am I opposed to it?
IBcause it would be wrong, and if it is
a wrong to temporarily disfranchise u;,
the taking away of the south's represen
tation for that reason wou'd b. a great
er wrong Two wrongs can never make
a right. Have you ever stopped to
ouat the cost to us negroes shoued the
south lose its fifty corgressmen that
are allotted to her on account of our
presence here?
If the re;rezentation were taken
away it would mean absolute and to-al
disfranchisement of the propie wio
had no representation in the general
gov--rnmeut.
For a time the white people wonld
&uter, but if tl e representation were
taken away from the south the negro
would be practioally killed for one
hundred years. Some go so fatr as to say
that they do not care what happeta to
3 neg.oes so long as the souin loses
her fitty representatives, but ie' us stop
and count the c.t before we j )in the
hue and cry: "Cut down the represen
tation, out down the bouth's represen
tation."
It is argued that it is no use to have
a thing that you cannot use; a right
that you cannot er j iy. BAt that noes
not hold good in all cases. The children
of Israel were given the ark of the
covenant, asd after they had crossed
the Jordan tney forgot the teachings of
Moses, ani for them the ark of the
covenant lost its power, but it was the
insignia of Jehova's promise It failed
to do service for the sinful Israe'ites
and the Canaaainites carried it away,
and placed it in their temple, in the
midst of their idols to mike it a thing
of derision in its helphssness in that
temple of biindncss. wickedness aad
tin; but when they went back to look
at it in derision, surrounded by the
idols of Bal, what dii they behold?
Whiy all their idols hid tumbled to the
ground and were crushed; and in that
sight the heathen saw that the ark of
the covenant, which was the magna
harta of the Jews, had in it the
strength and protection to the Jews.
Let our right to vote be locked up
temporarily in the temple of prejudice,
but do not seek to destroy it by asking
congress to cut down the representation
of the South, which was given on
account of our presence here. A right
once given is never annihilated, and
should the south lose the representa
tion given on account of our presence
we will be disfranchised forever-we,
and not the white man, will be the
sufferer for all time if the act is per
petrated.
No, fellow citizens, let the south
have her repreeentation, although the
right is looked up in the temple of
blind prejudice; but if the right re
mains the time will come, and come it
must, when the white men of the south
will invite us to enjoy it with them.
Let us prepare ourselves for its er j or
ment, for it will come back to us in its
fullness and its right.
Let us resolve to use it with our white
neighbors for the benefit of ourselves
and our white neighbors. Let us rm
solve to fit ourselves educationally,
spiritually and materially for its use
and enjoyment.
In short, jet us look to the south,abso
luely to the south to assist us in the
ejyment of every right that belongs
to free cilsenship. If they do not
ive it to us the north wili never inter
fere or assist us to get i:. We have
been the bine of contention between
the t wo secetions too long. It is time
for us to educe ourselves that we
may see the true inwardness or motive
of this p->;tical agit ation.
The Jews had been disfranchised
in rope for hundreds of years, bu-.
they remaint d a virtuosas piring,achie v
in, God-fearing, neighoor inving p o
-le; andI toiav on ace ,ant of their in
teigence, high moral ceve-lop- ment,
integr.ty, and wealta, they dictate al
most any terms of peace or war to the
crowned head. of the wo~rld.
GAd it. God and right is right. "Jus
tuce. like a volcanic fire, may sleep
awhile suppreser d, but can't expire.'
Live rigmit. Dai right. God is not dead
'Ar spes non fraora."
We must possess ourselves of tech
uieal education, commnercial education.
industral educati.n We must pre
pre ourselves to o'c -upy every avenue
f thritt and legititua-e gain Get mo
ney, but get it honesdly. Keep woney
ut do not hoard it. Keep it to as-is'
ou in d. vel-iping the s ,uthland Keep
L.>uey to a-srst yvu in bettering 'our
c nditon, and se.auring h. mes. Ks
aoey for a r-ainy day. Keep upi your
ehuren' ; sui port y our pre aioere; samp
por j our acauol--; teach your girin t
work at hoize, aan by' so doi'-i nu v 1:
strengthen their morality. An i let us
oot forget that we ose a duity:first t('
South Carolhna; secocd to the natio:.;
third, to cnurselv.s; and last, but not
east, to God.
From the report of Superintendent
McMahan we see that more negroes
attend pub ic schools than whites
It is true that we get less than one
third of the money appropriated for
the publie rchools of the rtate, but
when we c.>nsider who the ruling cia-s
es are, and are reminded of the pelti
cal antagonism that has existed be
tween the two races, I am r.ally sur
prised, edifi-d and gratified to see
that our political anttagorists have
treated us so well, and are spending as
much as they do spend on the negro
for the purpose of education.
My subj'at, "At spes non fracta,"
is the motto of the Hope family, but
their court of arms is more striking
than the motto. If I had the power of
a great artist I would throw that great
coat of arms on canvas tha: you might
behold it; but as I cannot draw I will
present you a pen picture of it. At
the bottom of the picture is a represeai
tation of our world-the globe on
which we live-but it is cracked nearly
in half. On each side of the yawning
ibyss separated by the chasm, arc the
two Hope sisters, each one of them
with the end of a chain thrown over the
shoulder that is ring boltcd to the earth,
and at the other enas of the chains are
achors that are held a'oft by the right
hand of each si-ter. One of them is
the picture of despair; but the counte
nanee of the other beams with smiles
as she points to the rent in the earth
that separates them, and she casts her
eyes away off to the sun that is just ris
lag;do not moan on account of this s a en
ing abses that separates us, for never
theless hope is not broken, and God's
:wn time the strength of the sunlight
will close the breach in our sphere that
paris us and we will be united again.
And, oh! fellow citizens, let us take
ourage, and possess ourselve-s of the
raith of Abrahamz, the confidence of
Daniel and Nehemiah, that some day,
the sunlight of liberal education, the
sunlight of loving forbearenoce, the sun
liuht of deter-ination and patience
will drive, yes, drive away the rancour
and prcdjudice that divide our race
from the white tace.
Yes, if we live right, give and take,
the day will come when the gulf that
separate us will be bridged across Then
let us look to the southern white people
for help; a-k them by ourlife,to help us
to c'ose up the rent that now ex:sts in
poi.cal sphere; and until it c -ims let
us not f rg.:t this beautiful motto, "At
spes non fracta"-nevertheless hope is
not broken.
The New App rtionmmnt
By a vote (f l65 to 102 the house
Tuesday acceptel the reappotioanwent
plan pr.p)sed by the B irleigh bill
wbich icreaies the memb >rship of the
house during the nex. decade from 357,
the present membership and the mem
n.reuip proposed be the committee or
Hopina biil to 336. The result was
iargely brougut about by the influence
of certain senators from several of the
larger northern statcs who threw the
weight of their influence in the se-le in
favor of the larger membership. When
it became apparent that these faitors
were at work against his bill Mr. Hop
kins attempted compromise by giving
an additional representation each to
N-..rth DaIota, Colorado and Florida,
out his adversaries rotused to compro
mire after complete v.ctory was assured
[ne Crunipaaker prosposition t, recom
mit the bill for the purpose of a-car
taining what states abridg-:d the right
to vote to an extent which would entail
reduced representation was defeated
130 Lo 110. There was no roll call on the
vote but a number of ?Reoublicans vot
ed with the Dmocrats. Under the bill
as passed today no state loses a re
presentative and the following make
gains; Illinois, New York and Texas
turee eaci; M1innesota, New Jersey and
1enLSyivauia two each; Arkansas, Cal
ii o.nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
L.>uisiana Ma.sa3buetts Mississippi,
Misouri, North Carolina. North Dakota,
Washington, West Virginia and Wis
consin one each
A strange Case
Despondent because her love for Mrs.
John White must be confined within
the bound of friendship, Miss Katherine
E. Gorham, ef Wichedon, Mass., com
mitted suicide Wednesday evening by
shooting herself in the head while sit
ing in a room with her mother. The
infatuation dates back two years, whet
they lived in adjoining houses. The
intimacy was not pleasing to Mrs. Gor
ham, but there seemed no way to stop
it. Last fall, when Miss Gorham went
to Boston to study elocution, Mrs.
White hired a room there so as to be
near her friend. About a year ago Miss
Gorham went to a sanitarium in Phila
delphia for treatment for a mental
trouble, and came back apparently
cured. Miss Gorham was 21, the only
daughter of Mrs. Marian Gotham,
Grove street, editor and proprietor of
the Winchendon Courier. Miss Gorham
spent the greater part of the day with
11rs. White, going with her to her home
on Linden street. Mr. White, who did
not approve of the intimacy between
the we oen, ordered Miss Gorhamn out oi
the house. Sne went direct to a store
and b ught a revolver. She had gone tc
the Hotel Winchendon and hired
room, to which she was accompanied by
Mrs. White. Tney remained in the
room until 7:30, when they left foi
their respective homes. Arrangtements
for the funeral will not be completed
until the arrival of Mrs. Gorhamt's sister,
Mrs. Smith, from Paiiadelpaia. White
is a travelinp alesman for White Bros.,
cotton manufacturers.
Force Hanna's Hand.
According to the Washington corres
pondent to the Atlanta Journal Sena
tr Hanna is using the threat of an ex
tra sss~on of congress to force actior
on his ship tubbidy bill. He is reported
ahaving appealed to S,:na or Clay, thre
eider or the minority, to allow the bilj
to com~e to a vote in oraer to preveni
The necessity for an extra sessio ; te
.hich appeal Sernntor elay, very j~ro
pery, turned1 a deaf ear. This is as it
shoud tw, and it is to o hoped tne op
ptiUn to thib incx:uaabte grab will
stand fixu througaouL the presect ses
iOn oe aded if Harjna arid his oreq
in-st ujion it; .it will only make this
ubndy iniquity stand Out in its unE
hint. L is aimoply a determined ef
lort on the part of H sana and the ad
mnaitrauion to re wa.d certain syndi
ec es for t~heir contriOui ions to the Re
puwnean camp~argn fund, and they
woud io waue to accepi. full responsL
b.iy f or it. Tae p~opie mray wake up
to a faui realizauion of the situatiot
hen they se.e ttaat the people wno now
nave control of the government are
even willing to :orce an extra sLs~iOn
o conuresn if nee.sbary in order to ex
trt this immenbe trinute for the bene
fit ol a few iniitionaires.
Trusts Beat Him.
The defta. ot senarur Chandler of
New Haznes:uire fur renonminaalon by
LLIe RiouAlean etueus of his State
a sitar is possioly mnore of a sur
rie to tre people of the c.>untry than
to the senator himself, who has indi
eated forebouingb of this result. 1t is
IoL often tuat a sanator whose service
as b.:en lons as Mr. Chandler's is re
jeted by his party, and very seldom
tnat nrs Geteat is accomplished bi so
overwelinIiig a maj ,rity. It is pos
:i19ie tnat his attitude on the silver
quetion has somrc thing to do with re
ueing nis popuarity, but the senator
hieli has neelared that powerful
railroad influene~s were devoted to his
defeat. 1t has beco-ne a very ticklish
matter with Repubnlican statesmen to
offend railroaas and trusts. Attorney
.emeral Monnett of O(io prosecuted
the Sandard Oil trust and his head
ei in the badet. Accoriaing to Chan
dier the raiuroaas of Lew Hampshire
are in charge of the Republican guillo
tine in that State.-The State.
The Kingstree Matter.
The Cojlunia State says the board of
directors of the State dispensary met
Wednesday and took up the Kingstree
shortage matter. A conference was held
with the Williamsburg delegation _in
the general assembly. It was determin
ed to call the present county board up
for a hearing, that charges of official
misconduct are to be formulated, and
that if the resignations of the members
ar not forthcoming, the board will try
them according to law. The legiblative
delegation is understood to be in sym
pahy with the board, and it looks as if
te old county board must go. The
Sta board has determined to probe
the Kigstrce matter, so the members
say, to the very bottom, and do every
thing possible to have juistic meted out
D.ruetor Dukes, at the reqiest of
Ch airman Wdiiiams, went in person to
Krrstree and directed the arrest of
the aieused dispenser, taking the pe
luminary steps in the prosecution. Tne
afternoon session of the board was
devoted princi pally to the consideration
~f v.rious rerqiests for the return of
l:q'ars seized ny the dispensary con
tables a ontraband.
SPECIAL MESSAGES
From Governor McSw teney to
the Legislature
EX?ENSES OF THE MILITIA
lncu red in Suppressing the
Threatened Uprising In
Georgtown, Some
Vilued Relics.
The governor Friday transmitted to
the general assembly three messages
upon matters ot some interest. One
is accompanied by the expense account
of the soldiery sent to Georgetown to
put down the alleged trouble.
The second message relates to the
flgs of the PAlmetto regiment in Flor
ida, and the vase presenter Andrew
Jackson by the women of S >th Caro
lina and left by him at his death to the
last survivor of the Palmetto regiment
This was referred to the comnittee on
military in the house.
The message as to the expense of the
troops went to the ways and means
committee of the house, and the third
which referred to the ceding of certain
lands on Sllivan's Island to the Uri
ted States government was sent to the
judiciary committee of the house
The following is the text of the three
messages:
EXPENSES OF TROOPS.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
Oa two occasions during the past
year it became necessary in order to
maintain the peace and prevent mob
violence to call upon the strong arm of
the militia. The promptness with
which the volunteer troops responded
and the healthful influence of their
presence is strong evidence of the edi
oiency of the service and the wisdom
of properly maintaining a well organiz
ed, disciplined volunteer soldiery.
There was necessarily some expense
connected with the calling out of the
militia, and I bag to Submit herewith
the itemiz:d statement of cost and re
commend that you make provision to
pay the same. In the Florence trouble
I paid out of my contingent fund all
the expenses except the amount due
the railroads for transportation. In the
Georgetown matter only one item has
been paid, that of transporting the
Sumter company from Sumter to
Georgetown, and which had been ad
vanced by the captain of -the company.
I could have arranged to borrow this
money but there was no authority of
law for it, and I thought best to let it
stand until an appropriation could be
made by you, My contingent fund was
inadequate to pay it. Proper vouchers
are on file for the various items. It is
a just and proper charge against the
State, ard I am sure will receive your
favorable consideration. Here are the
items for which an appropriation is
asked, and also a statement showing
what has been paid:
GEORGETOWN TROUBLE.
First battalion rof infantry:
Two days for 177
men..........$ 531 00
Hauling guns, etc 5 52
i barrel beer.. .. ...2 75
Bread, etc . .. 55
rransporting 177 5
men and guns
Charles ton to
Georgetown an d
return (A.. C. L ) 921.00 $1.465.85
Sumter c~mpan':
Three day s for .36
men........... 157.50
['ransporting 36 msn
Georgetown t o
Sumter (A C L ) 87.75 243 25
G-.orgetown coampanies:
T.wo days 37 mea
troops K S. C.
V. talary . ... .. .111 00
Four days, 45 me'n,
Co 1, S. C. V. 1. 270.00 381.00
Total amount due in
Georgetown trou
ble .......2,090.10
Amunt paid out of
contingent fuod.
Transpotation Sum
ter tO Georgetown 85 75
Total cost of State
to Ge or ge towna
trouble ..... $2,175.85
FLOEENCE TROUBLE.
To amount due the
A. C. L. railroad
fo~r special irain . - $ 446,00
Phid out of contingent fund:
Timnmoneyvile Guards.. .$200 62
R M:L .nd >n, sher>ff... 98 75.
R. McLendon, Stieriff... 15 00 314.37
Total cost to Stato in
Florence ti-ouble... .. ...$ 760 37
RECAPITULATION,
Amou2t due by State in
Georgetown trouble... $,390.10
Amount cu> by 3:'te in Flor
ence trouole............. 446.00
Total amount for which appro
priation is asked.... ...$2,536 10
Yours v~ ry respectfully,
M. B. McS veeney,
Governor.
THE MEXICAN WAR RELICS.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
In the early part of tne past year Col.
James D. Bianding president of the
Pa metto Regiment SuLrvivors' associa
tion, addressed me a letter as governor
turning over to the State of South
Carolina in perpetuo one of the two
flhgs carried by the regiment in the
war with Mexico, together with the
regimental records. He also submitted
a request of the executive committee
of the survivors association that they
be allowed to place the "Jackson vase"
in the legislative library under a glass
atE and under Care of the secretary of
state or of the librarian; so that the
survivors may know, at, least, where it
is.
Both were accepted as the correspon
dence hereto attached will show. The
flag was placed in the State library and
the vase is in the office of th, secretary
of state. There is no glass case under
which it may be placed.
Under a resolu:ion of the survivors'i
association the vase is to be kept by
the executive committee for and to be
the property of the last survivor of the
regiment. There are still about 40 sur
ivors as the records herewith submit
ted will show.
These are precious relics and have a
history which all true Carolinians
should be proud to cherish.
The records should be preserved in
some place where they could be easily I
ecessible in case it should be detiredi
to refer to them or have the history<
published and these record. put in
more permanent form.C
I beg herewith to submit the corres-<
pondence ad te.recordsfor such dis- 1
position as your honorable bodies may
teem proper to make.
Respectfully submit ted.
M 8. MeSwCCy.
Governer.
THE SULL' VAN'S ISLA'D FORT.
Gentlemen of the General A s'eab'y:
1 big to hand you herewith a letter
which I received from the Honorable
E-1hu Root, secretary.of war. whicb ex.
plains itself. Al-o a draft of a bill
which he susget ts hat le wouli like
to have passed by the general acs(m
bly. I ask for this matter y'ur c,>n
;ideration and such action as in y our
wisdom may seem proper.
Respectfully -ub n tied,
M. B. McSeeney,
G. v -ruor.
Mr. Alihu Root in his lettr to the
governor says:
Sir: By an act approved February
3. 1900. the legislature of S Guth Caro
lina ceded to the United S atcs title
asd jurisdiction over certain tracts of
hind in the town of Moultrieville atd
Slivan's Inland, South Carolina, cx
e'pting from the acres described "those
portions which are occupied and in use
by the public as highways, known as
Central avenue and Beach avinue "
B,aoh avenue, within the limits of the
reservation, is impassable by vehicles
on account of send drifts; and the ci s
ing of this avenue is essential to the
proper laying out of the military post.
Central avenue is a winding street with
a narrow shell road and is not rop-rly
kept up by the town on account o.f lack
of funds. It would seem des&rab!e that
title and jurisdic-ion of tha p -ri.n of
Central avenue within the res vatio,
should be in the Uaitcd States in order
that it may be improved and main
tained by the govenment
I have the honor, therefore, to in
close the draft of an act pr.vidzng for
the cession of title and j iredicti' n
t.ver those portions of B3aeh isv.nue
and Central avenue, excepted from the
lands heretofore granted to the Uaitcd
States, for the closing of Beich Iland
for a highway, and for the keeping
open of Central avenue as a public
street, and to request your good offices
in recommending the same to the sen
ate and house of representativ,:s of
your State.
Under sections 71 and 72 of the gen
eral statu:es of South Carolin;, 1882
the title of these streets is in the State
of South Carolina.
Very respectfully,
Elihu Root,
Secretary of War Dep't.
The Tax Extension.
The time for the payment of taxes
has been extended after all. As thing
now stand the taxpayers who have fail
ed to come to time will have unitl Feb.
1 to do so. Friday morning the special
commission in whom is vested the right
to extend the time, consisting of the
governor, the comptroller general and
the attorney general met and it was de
cided to extend the time till the day
named. The State says this action was
the result of the action of the house in
adopting the Ashley resolution provid
ing for the extension until March 1.
The commission has been strongly
against any extension this year, but the
legislature seemed determined to pro
vide for one. The comptroller asserted
teat an extension till March 1 would tan
gle up the books all over the State that
it would be a serious matter. The r su't
was the action taken Friday, which,
it is said, will prove satisfactory to the
senate. Those who have failed to pay
their taxes will be glad to hear of this
action, but every treasurer and an liter
will hear of it with regret.
True Chivalry.
A little ragged, dirty, cypical negro
boy was riding an old wornout, hroken
down mule that wouldn't trot if a lo
comotive were to push it along The
boy held a bundle in his hand and wa,
using his coat as a saddle The mule
had almost stopped in the muddy str' et
and in his effbrts to coax the animal he
dropped his bundle and his , oat feil in
to the mud below. A promninent bank
president of Greenville was '.n the itreet
neat by at the time noticed the discom
fi are of the black African. With the
kind and tender heart, charac eristic
of a true southerner, this moneyea
man wadd shrougli mud and with the
same motuve he would have hrad had be
been waiting on President MceKinley
handed this little coon his buxdie. as
isted him arranging his coat abd with
the aid of a switch managed t.> Oiax
the mule on. This act of the en
kuown bank president is worthy~of i
itation.-Greenville News
A Busy Life Ended.
Col. wns L frenholm, who was com
troller of the treasury dutiog Cieve
lanad's first administration, died at his
home in New York Friday of pneumo
nia. Col. Trenholm was a native of
Charleston but had lived ia New York
for several years, where he was eoated
in business. In commenting on his
death Thbe State says durtng his stay io
New York Col. Trenholm was the con
stant friend and advisor of those
South Carolinia :s who appealed to him
and 'we have seen it stated that he
never permitted an inquiry or request
from his old State to pass unheeded.
thus, although absent in body, he gave
constant evidence that his heart was
still with the people of South Carolina.
Charleston Wins.
Secretary Long, Friday made public
the report of the board of naval officers,
submitted Thursday, -concerning the
establishment of a naval station on the
outh Atlantic coast, and more par
ticularly with reference to the relatuve
cerits of Port Royal or Charleson,S.
., as the site for this sta- ion. Tnie
board recomends in favor of Charles
ton, reinforcing its views wis h an elabo
rate statement of the advantages of
hat place over Port .Roy alI. A dissen
ing view is presented by Rear Admi
al George Summer, who favors a retea
ion of the naval station at Port
Royal.
Why, Oh, Why?
The Spring field, Mass , Republican
ays: "Congressman Moody of this state
akes the position that the fourteenth
medment is mandatory upon c~n
~ress-respecting the reduction of re
resentation in the Southern ststes,
or example, to correspond with any re
ncion which may have been made
here in the rnegro vote. If that is so,
hen even more clearly is the thirteenth
mendment mandatory upon congress;
nd yet what is Mr. Moody doing by
~ay of enforcing that amendment
gainst slavery in the dominiens of our
ubsidzed Sulu under lord?"
An Old Man.
The Florence Times say s Clio, S. C.,
athe happy possessor, perhaps, of the
Idest citizen in the State. "Jesse
~olton," is is noted, "live I five yeart
n the 18th. century, all of the 19 h.
entury and is starting out on the 20th
entury" Olio should feel proud of her
isinguished centenarian- He is one
f the wonders of the t ventieth cent
DAZZLING LGHT.
Illumination of a Car That Has Been
Short-Circuited.
Electricity played a queer prank on a
Northern Central car the other night
To lookers-on at a safe distance it was
merely a remarkable display ,the like
of which as never befcre seen in St.
Louis. To those on the car it had many
elements of tragedy.
One man narrowly escaped death by
fire and others of the passengers may
have been injured in the panic that fol
lowed. Even the officials of the United
Railways Company have not yet ar
rived at he exact extent of the damage
done.
The cars on the Northern Central line
are the oldest in the service. Their fas
es burn out freuently, but that night's
occurrence was the most serious acci
dent of the kind that has yet occurred.
At 9:30 o'clock a car was rounding the
sharp down-grade curve at Thomas
street and Leffngwell avenue. It was
half filled with passengers.
Suddenly there was a grinding noise,
which deafened those in the car and
awakened residents in the neighbor-.
hood. The car c-me to a sudden stop.
What followed is told by an eye-wit
ness. who was attracted to his window
by the unusual sound.
"When I looked out," he said, "the
street was lit up for several blocks as
if a powerful searchlight had been
turned into it. The brilliancy all radia
ted from the car, which I at first
thought was on fire. I could see the
car distinctly. It seemed a shadowy
form, seen through a halo of light. The
outer edge of this light was a brilliant,
dazzling white, but the inner portion,
the nucleus, as it were, nearest the car,
was the deep red of a consuming bleze.
"With the first play of the flames I
heard passengers in the car cry out
in alarm. Two young men jumped
through a window and the other- pas
sengers rushed for the back door. I
saw a man leap from the rear platform
with his coat smoking. He pulled the
garment off as he left the car.
"The illumination could be seen at a
great distance, apparently for people
come flocking from bloeks a-ound to
see the illuminated car. Most- of them
walked home. Another car pushed the
disabled one to the sheds."
Investigation Saturday morning
showed that the accident was one of a
number of electrical freaks caused by
the recent damp weather. At the power
house of the Northern Central line it
was said that the current had become
short-circuited. This meant that the
current on coming from the wires, in
stead of going through the controller
on the front platform operated by the
motorman, went through the one on
the rear platform. Unable to get into
the motors by that route it passed out
again and sought the nearest route to
the.rails. This was by way of the met
e.l work about the sides and roof of
the car.
On its journey around the car a por
tion of. the current escaped into the
moist atmosphere, causing the appear
ance of a halo. Enough of the current
went through the controller and the
motors to burn them out, which caused
the red light of consuming flames. It
was the burning out of the controller
that ignited the coat of the man who
stood near it on the rear platform.
Street railway men agreed that the ac
cident was a most unusual one.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
THREE JOINTS.
Removed From a Man's Backbone and
He Still Lives.
Minus three joints of his backbone,
John Kaller, of No. 50 Willoughby
street, Brooklyn, N. Y., lies on a cot
in St. John's Hospital, Long Island
City, making a brave fight against
death. The missing pieces of his spinal
column were removed on Thursday
last by five surgeons. It was an opera
tion almost unparalleled in surgery,
but it was his only chance for life.
Kaller has been a telephone lineman.
Recently he was sent to repair wires
.along the Shore Road, in Astoria.
About noon he was working at the top
of a pole near the Woolsey estate. Just
how It happened neither Kaller nor any
one else knows, but suddenly the line
man found himself in the clutches of
an electric current. He had grasped a
live wire, his body was twisted in tor
ture and puffs of smoke arose from his
burning hands.
The man kept his senses. Hanging
there, burning and in terrible pain, he
.realized that to remain in ccntact with
the wire for but a few seconds more
meant death to him..
With strength born of that knowl
edge Kaller tore himself free from the
live wire on which he had fallen and
deliberately threw himself to the road
way. He fell 35 feet and struck upon
his head and back. He was taken to
St. John's Hospital, and doctors worked
over him for eight hours before the
dangers from the electric shock were
removed. Then they performed the
operation.
In falling Kaller had broken his back.
The seventh, eighth and ninth verte
brae were badly fractured, and splin
ters of the broken bone pressed on the
spinal cord. The pressure had produced
paralysis, and would have caused death
if not removed.
Dr. John Francis Burns was in
charge of the operation. Assisting him
were Dr. H. A. McGronen, Dr. J. 3.
Mulcahey, Dr. Thomas Cassidy and Dr.
John F. Farwell. Technically, the doc
tors took out the spinous prosesses and
transverse sections of the seventh,
eighth and ninth vertebrae. The oper
ation was successful.
"I do not know of an exactly similar
case." said Dr. Burns, last night.
"Three vertebrae were badly fractured,
and had to be removed, leaving arches
to protect the spinal cord. But Kal
ler's other injuries make his recovery
douli tful, and at my suggestion his rel
atives have telegraphed to his mother,
asking her to come to his bedside. She
lives in Illinois."
Kaller's condition is very grave. He
has remained conscious from the first,
and has taken a keen interest in the
remarkable operation performed upo.n
him. _____
Following closely upon the rumor or
the retirement of John Burns, of Eng
land, from all active participation in
the great movement of organized labor.
in Great Britain is the loss of another
famous leader in the person of Joseph
Arch, the well-known agricultural la
borer and member of Parliament. Mr.
Arch confirms the rumor that he wi:l
retire from all active work In the la
ter fiel:1 at the next general election.
The Tea industry
The eesessful experiment of Unitedr
States Commissioner of Agriculture Le
Due, follo wed by the successful plan-t
ing and maeuracture of tea at the Poec
hurst farm-, Suumerville, near Char
laston, has attricted northern capital
iste: who will ga into the business on
a la&rge cale a..d who expect to raie
300,000 pounds annually for the Amer
an market. Col A (I. Tyler and Maj
R DTrimble of New London, Conn., and
the Baron A. von Brunig, formerly of
the German legation rat Washingtenz
arc leaders of the enterrpris and ~have
arealy bought 4 000 ac-e. cof pine land
alorng the line of ihe Charleston and
Savannah railroad, 15 miles from here,
Messrs. Tyler and Trimole were in
camp at Summerville during the was
with Spain and Eaw the suecess of tea
culture at Pinehurst Mb j Trimble,will,
it is said.be the active head of the com
pany. It is said that Dr. Shepard h..s
h.ad this year twice as many orders for
tea as he~ e ni.. fill
As It Should Be.
President w iuliams~ of the seaboard
Air Line hss appoin-ed Capt. V. E~.
McBee, now superintedent of the Sea
board, vice president and general mar
POWER OF WATER -
Hole Bored In a Bluff as if by a Can
non Ball.
A little group of solid citizens was
standing on Baronne street, New Or
leans, watching a cleaning gang at
work with the hose.
"That reminds me of old days in Cal
ifornia," said one of the party as the
stream veered slightly and shaved off
the corner of a pile- of dirt. "I never
realized how much force could be de
livered by a jet of water," he con
tinued, "until I tried hydraulic mining.
It was in 1870, up on the Sacramento
River. They had brought a stream
down the Sierra Nevada Mountains In
a big 'flume' that ended in a length of
wire-wrapped hose and a six-foot noz
zle with arm on the side for a couple
of men to take held of.
"They played the stream on a big
bluff directly opposite, and it bored out
the solid, packed foundation like living
fire eating Into tinder. For a dozen
feet from the nozzle the water seemed
like a hard blue bar and there was
something strange and murderous look
ing in the way it drove straight out
that made by flesh creep to watch it.
Several laborers had been accidentally
struck by the stream and in each case
the man was killed as suddenly as if
hit by a cannon ball.
"I remember on one occasion some
rival claimant came down from Shasta
and took possession of a cabin not far
from the end of the flume line. Our
boss, who was a big Irishman named
Murphy, told us to play the stream on
the place, and as we were all spoiling
for a row we lost no time in obeying.
I never saw such a demolition in my
life. The shanty flew seven ways for
Sunday and one of the fellows inside
was pitched bodily through the air and
landed in the river. The distance was
so great -nobody was hurt, and after
that our gang was known as 'Murphy's
light artillery.' Mark Twain draws a
very vivid picture of hydraulic mining.
in 'Roughing It,' and from personal ex
perience I can assure you he hasn't
embroidered the facts in the least."
A Tornado's Freaks.
John R. Musick of Kirksville, Mo.,
thus describes, in the Century, certain
madcap pranks of a tornado which
passed through tht city.
'Many strange freaks were played
by the tornado. In a tree-top was
found a woman's hais, supposed to
have been torn from her head as she
was carried through its branches, yet
no person was found near It. A human
scalp was found three miles from the
city limits, under a bridge. Notes, let.
ters, and papers were blown from the
city Into Iowa, and found ninety miles
away. One promissory note of $400
was found in a field near Grinnell,
Iowa, nearly 100 -miles away, while
clothing and papers were scattered
along the entire distance.
"One woman was decapitated by a
tin roof, and her child was killed near
her. Some persons who were outside
the rotating current were killed or in
jured by flying timbers, which, like
bolts from the catapult of Jove, flew
with deadly force for a great distance,
while others In the very center of the
storm escaped with little or no Injury.
Perhaps the most remarkble experi
ences were those of Miss Moorehouse,
Mrs. Webster, and her son. The three.
were caught up in the storm, and were
carried beyond the Catholic church,
nearly one-fourth of a mile, and let
down on the common so gently that
none were killed. Mrs. Webster had
some slight cuts about the' hea4, her
son had one arm fractured, but Miss
Moorehouse was uninjured.
"I was conscious all the time I was
flying through the air,' said Miss
49>orehouse, 'and It seemed a long
time. I seemed to be lifted up and
whirled round and round, going to a
great height, at one time far above the
church steeples, and seemed to be cat"
ried a long distance. I prayed to the
Lord to save me, for I believed he
:-ould save me, even on the wings of
the tornado, and he did wonderfully'
preserve my life. As I was going
through the air, being whirled about
at the sport of the storm, I saw a
horse soaring and rotating about with
me. It was a white horse, and had a
harness on. By the way it kicked and
struggled as It was hurled about I
know It was alive. I prayed to God
that the horse might not come in. con
tact with me, and it did not. I was
mercifully landed upon the earth un
harmed--saved by a miracle.'
"Young Webster says he saw the
horse In the air while he was being
borne along by the storm. 'At one
time It was directly over me, and I
was very much afraid I woril come
in contact with Its flying heels.' The -
horse, It Is said, was caught up and
carrned one mile through the air, and,
according to the accounts of reputable
witnesses, at times was over 200 feet
high, passing over a church steeple
Many who were not In the storm say
that they saw horses flying In the
wind. Beyond being well plastered
with mud, the white horse was uniln
Jured by his aerial flight"
A Fine Job.
Two park laborers sat on tbe curb
stone of the Eastern Parkway In
Brooklyn eating dinner out of their
pails, for It was the noon hour, and
discussIng their surroundings in a
brogue which suggested that they had
n't been over very long. One of them
fell to admiring the Museum of Arts
and Sciences, which stands back from
the Parkway.
"It's a foine big buildin'," he said;
"an' solid enough put up to last for
iver."
"'Tis thot." agreed the other. "But
what Is It fer?"
"To kape dead boogs an' other
crachures In," said the first "It's a
museum, It is."
"An' are them big letters cut into the
stone above the windIes the name iiv
it?,'
"I dono what thim leters wud be,"
said the first speaker. He fell'to spell
ing out the words, and presently a ray
o intelliigence sueeded the puzzled
expression on his face..
"Sure, I hav it," said he. "Thim Is
the names av the contractors."
"'Tis a folne job they done. ainny
way," observed the other admiringly.
"They'd be big men In their own line
wid slathers of inflooence. belike."
And Patrick made a good guess, for
Ithe names graven In the stone were
Aeschylus. Sophocles. Pericles. Hero
Sotus, Socrates, Theydides, and Demos
thens.
The Prize Fool.
The Chicago Chronical says of Col.
Victor Vifquain: "The prize ass of
1901 has already made his deep, sc-n
orons bray heard, thcucth the year is
not yet a week old. lHe is the military
gentleman on thc staff of the governor
of Nebraska who sternly refused to at
tend a gubernatorial reception because
Fitzhugh Lee was to be present-Fi-z
hugh Lee, in the estimation of the
military gentleman, being a reb'l, and
therefore offensive to all true patriots.
Of course it is idle to hope for the en
lightenment of people lhke the n' litary
gentleman. The only thing to d. is to
extract all the amo'sement pJ tible
from their proceedings"
Money for Schools.
At ameeting af the board of directors
of the dispensary Friday asternoon
Chairman Williams stated that the~ fi
nancial condition of the insti'ution
now warranted the payment of $100).000
into the school fund anid a tesolution to
this effect was immedia'e'y offered by
Director Dukes and adopted. Mr.
Williams further stated that the dispen
sary would be able to pay into school 2
fund $50,000 additional within the 3
et thirty days.